21.   The government has come under pressure from the United States to hand over files of Arabs who have been given Yemeni passports.

22.   The government initially said they could go, but then decided not to give them passports.

23.   The warning offered no elaboration, but it apparently was issued to warn people against giving their passports to others who may be linked to terrorist activities.

24.   China has already said that Hongkongers who were given these passports would be considered Chinese nationals.

25.   The couple were given United Nations passports and taken across the border to Turkey, from where they travelled on to Austria.