UK holidaymakers could be hit with travel disruption due to trials of a new European Union border system technology set to take place this month.
The Entry/Exit System (EES), which is due to be introduced in May 2023, involves non-EU citizens having their fingerprints scanned and a photograph taken to register them onto a database the first time they enter a member state.
Doug Bannister, chief executive of the Port of Dover, Kent told MPs he has been invited to Calais, France to view tests for the European Union's incoming Entry/Exit System (EES).