Over 60 protestors demonstrated on Newport Road in Cardiff, attacking the introduction of Biometric ID Cards that the government began to issue on Tuesday 25 November.

At midday on the same day, protestors gathered outside the Cardiff office of the UK Border Agency, where the cards will be issued for non-EU students and spouses who are now required to have ID cards to live and work in the UK.

No Borders South Wales, who organised the protest, said: “We displayed banners, held placards, waved giant mock ID cards – the reaction from passers by was completely supportive and many people used their lunch break to join the protest for a short while before returning to work or study.”

The protest in Cardiff was part of a nationwide demonstration, with people protesting against the ID cards in Croydon, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle and Solihull.

Another protest outside the Border Agency on Newport Road has been organised for Wednesday 10 December, when non-EU students and spouses will have to register for the compulsory ID cards.

“These new ID cards are not only a repressive measure against non-EU students and spouses, they are the first shot in an attack against everyone’s liberty,” said No Borders.