New EU border checks to take longer but won’t snarl peak travel, says Port of Dover


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  • Wednesday, 08 Oct 2025

A man scans his passport during a demonstration of the European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, Britain, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jack Taylor

DOVER, England (Reuters) -Britain's Port of Dover is confident the EU's new biometric border checks will not result in traffic congestion in the peak summer season despite warning it will take six times longer to process each car, its boss said on Wednesday.

On Sunday, the European Union will start to phase in its much delayed Entry/Exit System (EES) for all non-EU citizens, including British visitors - an automated system that requires travellers to register at the border by scanning their passport and having their fingerprints and photograph taken.

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