Emergency travel document

[Blib]

I bumped into an old friend this evening. She told me that her daughter had been mugged and hurt while on holiday in Paris. Among other things, her passport had been stolen.

She had taken the precaution of carrying photocopies of the passport in her luggage which were not stolen in the mugging. However, although they clearly showed that she was the bearer of a UK passport, this was not enough evidence to prove to the authorities that she was a British citizen. They would not get her home.

Instead, she had to pay £95 for and "emergency travel document" that would allow her to board the Eurostar to get back to London.

So, adding insult to injury? Or a wise move by Her Maj's government?

[Buff Mchugelarge]

I hear Rick has some travel papers.. Don't ask where they came from though.

[007singh]

I think it is a standard precautionary action, and responsible to not just accept photocopies of passport (how easy is that to manipulate). Even if trying to leave the UK, as a UK citizen, if you can't you your passport (say it just expired etc), you need to pay the £95 for the ETD.

I would think however she might would be able to recover that from travel insurance, assuming she has some.....?

[toohuge]

It's seems entirely reasonable and as mentioned above, if she has travel insurance, it should be covered.