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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Bill Bowkett

British citizens face fingerprint scans each time they visit Europe as EU delays new biometric travel checks

British citizens face having their fingerprints scanned each time they visit the European Union because of delays in developing a digital biometrics app, it has emerged.

All UK car passengers entering the Schengen area will have to get out of their vehicle to be individually fingerprinted and photographed.

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