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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Dover port EU entry checks will only add ‘minutes to journey’ after fears of hours-long queues

Waiting game: the approach to Eastern Docks at the Port of Dover - (Simon Calder)

Europe’s new entry-exit system (EES) will add only minutes to the journey time for motorists boarding ferries from Dover, The Independent has been told.

The much-delayed border scheme will require each British traveller to the European Union to be fingerprinted and register a facial biometric, before passing through passport control – which at Dover takes place on UK soil.

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