When World Leaders Thought You Shouldn’t Need Passports Or Visas

These days neither the public nor governments consider passports as a serious obstacle to freedom of movement. Yohmi/Flickr, CC BY-NC Speranta Dumitru, Université Paris Descartes – USPC In the age of heavily restricted migration, passport control seems a natural prerogative of the state. The idea of abolishing passports is almost unthinkable. But in the 20th century, governments considered their “total abolition” as an important goal, and...