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The Home Secretary, Priti Patel the new blue passports

The First blue British passports for almost 30 years next month to be issued, the office said home.

The current Burgundy-design of the exit from the European Union will be replaced, according to the UK.

Blue passports were introduced in 1921 and gradually after 1988, when the members of the then European economic community agreed on the harmonisation of designs.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said that the passport will be intertwined "with our national identity".

Brexit had been said, the UK "a unique opportunity. Forge a new path in The World ", and enabled a return to "The Blue and gold design".

the UK was never forced, officially, to change the color of his passport in the 1980s, but as with other member States.

the fuse is a change in the design was a collection point for the Brexit supporters announcing with the government, in December 2017, The Blue Pass would return.

'Super-strength'

estimates The government that all newly issued passports will be blue in the summer.

Until then, you will be issued in addition to Burgundy passports will remain valid for travel until they expire.

The Kingdom of Burgundy passes wore the wording of the European Union on The Cover , although the passport office in the last year, the issue without such a description began as the older stocks for delivery.

The Blue passports of Gemalto, which is in the possession of the French company Thales. However, they are individually with the holder of the information in the UK.

The back is embossed with the floral emblems of England, Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales .

A new blue British passport, in addition to the current Burgundy design

The Home Office said the production of the carbon footprint of the passes is reduced to net zero, through projects such as the planting of trees.

He added that the new passport will carry the updated security features, including a "super strength" polycarbonate data page with embedded technologies to secure the personal data, and include the "first printing and design techniques" to combat Identity Theft and forgery

What's in a color?

According to the, 81 countries have blue passes, including Australia, the United States , Canada, India and Hong Kong .

Several countries in the Caribbean also you prefer, including Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

In Europe, people from Iceland and Bosnia and Herzegovina carry blue passports, while it is a popular color in Central and South America , including Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica , El Salvador , Uruguay and Venezuela.

" Other Nations have blue passes, Israel, Iraq, Syria, and North Korea .

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Source of news: bbc.com