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Neil Lancefield & Ketsuda Phoutinane

UK holidaymakers could face 'major delays' when entering EU in new border trial

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).

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