free passage

Last week, the Panamanian government signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States that will allow first and free passage of U.S. warships through the canal and bring American troops back to the country for the first time since the last U.S. military bases were evacuated in 1999, a move that the opposition government has called "an invasion without firing a shot".

"On this, my personal view is, parliamentarians should be allowed free passage to other countries, to our allies. We should look at that in a poor light. We should be supporting them."

The Germans had demanded free passage through neutral Belgium in order to attack France.

During a three-week retrial, jurors heard that Bah made the crossing in exchange for a free passage.

Three months later, a Kurdish smuggling gang finally offered Bah and a friend free passage to the UK, if he would agree to steer the boat.