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Why the passport needs an upgrade | Karoli Hindriks

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The Problem of the Passport

The modern passport was designed by a Western-centric organization after the First World War. It became an object of freedom for the advantaged, mostly Western countries, but a burden for others. The irony is that today the passport doesn't even help those same Western economies anymore because you see when in the past the good passport could indicate a person with a good education system and thus useful skills.

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