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Travellers entering Europe from the UK face potential chaos next autumn with the introduction of stringent post-Brexit border controls. British passport holders will be subjected to fingerprint checks and facial scans as part of the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES), set to replace passport stamping, a practice that began after Brexit when the UK became a ‘third country’ to the EU.
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The EES, initially slated for implementation earlier this year but delayed several times, will check every passenger’s name and biometric data upon entry into an EU country. However, some EU countries have raised concerns about the added time for border processing, with Slovenia reporting that it could take ‘up to four times longer’.
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