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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

UK ports given £10.5m to prepare for EU biometric checks

At least ten rows of cars queue to check-in at the Port of Dover.
Passengers queue for ferries at the Port of Dover, which has confined space due to the white cliffs nearby. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

British ports will be given £10.5m in state support to prepare for increased border checks this autumn, when the EU’s much-delayed entry-exit system (EES) comes into effect.

The money will go to the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel’s Folkestone tunnel and St Pancras International in London, where Eurostar trains depart, to supplement investment in facilities to avoid long tailbacks at the borders.

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