Jul 3, 2026 – 12.00pmIn the battle to beat Europe’s border chaos these holidays, some passports, it seems, are better than others.Retired Melbourne businessman Darren Robinson discovered this the hard way this week when he tried to clear the border at Milan’s airport clutching his British and Australian documents. His wife Marion, travelling on her Irish passport as part of the EU, sailed through.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Andrew TillettEurope correspondentAndrew Tillett is The Australian Financial Review’s correspondent for Europe, based in London. He was formerly foreign affairs and defence correspondent based in Canberra.Fetching latest articles