He let us enter the country (I could understand his attitude more if we were trying to LEAVE the country, but we were entering the UK), but told me always to have a birth certificate on me.
Every country has a duty to prevent minors being illegally smuggled INTO the country as well as OUT OF it, if only to spare itself the expense of processing the extradition request that is sure to follow if foul play is indeed actually involved. That is, every country that takes the rule of law seriously, and I'm sure that applies to the UK.
I find the fact that people do manage to get away with traveling with minors with inadequate documentation a bit scary, considering that children from time to time do get moved to a different country without the consent of all persons concerned.
