France and UK to increase staffing at border controls in effort to stave off travel chaos
Summary
France and the UK have agreed to add more staff at border controls to prevent long delays caused by new fingerprint and facial recognition checks. The UK government is providing funding to speed up vehicle processing and reduce wait times during the busy summer travel season.Key Facts
- New EU rules require travelers to have fingerprints and facial scans taken at borders.
- The rules have caused long delays and traffic jams at Channel crossings like Dover.
- The UK government announced £20 million to improve passport checks and reduce delays.
- French officials promised to add more border staff to help with queues in the UK.
- French border police may work on UK soil to staff passport booths at key locations.
- The EU refused to pause the new entry-exit system despite airport and airline requests.
- The new border system was created after 2015-2016 terrorist attacks and started rolling out last October.
- Dover expects around 12,000 cars a day next weekend, over three times normal traffic.
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