David Hanson MP, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, responding to confirmation of the countries that will accept emergency extended passports brought in due to Theresa May’s passports chaos, said:

“A week after Theresa May announced extended passports almost three quarters of the world are currently not accepting them.

“People are still stuck without their passports unable to travel at what is the busiest holiday period of the year. While it’s good that some will be able to travel on an extended passport, the Government still haven’t got some of the most popular destination countries in the world to agree.

“Thousands of people will be looking forward to going to places like the USA, Cyprus and Turkey this summer but might not be able to because of the Home Secretary’s passport backlog, and many major business locations like India and China aren’t accepting the extended passport scheme either.  It’s just not good enough from the Home Secretary and she needs to urgently get a grip and realise how important this is to people.

“It’s been months since we first learnt of the passport crisis created by Theresa May’s mismanagement, and yet this news shows again that the government still haven’t realised how serious this is, and simply aren’t doing enough.”