Days after the launch of the EU’s entry-exit system (EES), controversial questions posed to passengers leaving London St Pancras International on Eurostar trains have been dropped.
Under the digital borders scheme, “third-country nationals” such as the British travelling to the European Union and wider Schengen area are photographed and fingerprinted at the frontier. In the case of Eurostar, as well as the LeShuttle car-carrying operation from Folkestone and the Port of Dover, formalities take place while on British soil.
