Tourists face 'catastrophic' delays when the Entry/Exit System (EES) checks are introduced in October, with an EU app aimed at cutting congestion not expected until 2025
Cars queue at the Port of Dover in Kent in summer, 2022, as families embark on getaways at the start of summer holidays Holidaymakers face a year of “catastrophic” delays at Dover due to post-Brexit border checks amid delays to a European Union app aimed atchecks involving fingerprints and facial scans are due to be introduced in October with tourists heading to Europe warned they face queues of more than 15 hours.
“We know technology exists. Any of us that own an iPhone know that that carries within it some of the most sophisticated biometric testing. At UK ports and London’s St Pancras Eurostar terminal checks will be carried out by French border control authorities.Nichola Mallon, head of trade and devolved policy at Logistics UK, which represents road, rail, sea and air industries, said their members were “very concerned” about the EES rollout.“We need as much of the burden to be taken away upstream, so via an app where people can do it in their homes,” she said.
“If everybody can pre-register ahead of arriving at a port with juxtaposed controls, that is going to stop everyone on a coach having to get off, or a single iPad being passed around the coach, while all 52 people plus the driver fill it in,” he added. Richard Ballantyne, chief executive at British Ports Association, said an app to allow travellers to pre-enter their data would be “very welcome”.
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