cookiemonster
Veteran
- Location
- Far away from the asylum
The issue is that French border police have to carry out more rigorous passport checks that could involve assessing visas, specific entry dates – UK citizens can now only stay in the EU for 90 in 180 days without a visa, etc.
Prior to Brexit, these passport checks were more cursory.
Perhaps there's more to being a border guard than just lacking a sense of humour?
According to the article, the situation is likely to get worse when the EU introduce their new system.
The situation could get even worse later in the year when the EU rolls out its new Entry/Exit System (EES), set for implementation from September.
The EES will verify the details of non-EU citizens entering and exiting the Schengen area, including name and passport details, entry and exit dates, a photograph and fingerprints, and will replace the need for a passport stamp.
It is essentially an electronic passport check.
Mr Reardon, head of EU Exit at the Port of Dover, has been warning about issues this could cause for nearly a year.
The EES system has been delayed until next year. Contractor issues and concerns from some EU nations apparently.
*edit* thanks for bringing this to my attention as I hadn’t heard of until now. I did a quick Google search and what I posted is what I found
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