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Airport-style biometric checks at Eurotunnel will streamline UK-EU border crossings, preventing logistical chaos and speeding up travel for passengers.
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UK-EU breakthrough will allow airport-style checks at Eurotunnel to avoid border ‘chaos’
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Eurotunnel owner Getlink wants to replicate ‘airport experience’ at Folkestone and Calais, without making people get out of carsAirport-style passport and fingerprinting controls are to be introduced at Eurotunnel in an attempt to prevent “short-term and long-term chaos” in Folkestone and Calais.In a breakthrough for travellers, the European Commission has agreed to a new system in which an “eagle eye” camera system, already used in Rome and Paris airports to supervise fingerprinting and facial imaging, will be used at the border between the UK and France. Continue reading...
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