London mayor calls for solution to border check delays for Eurostar passengers

After railway service Eurostar warned that the European Union’s planned biometric border checks could cause hour-long queues in London, the city’s mayor has called for preventing “potential chaos” for passengers.

Mayor Sadiq Khan called on Britain's government not to wash its hands of issues around post-Brexit red tape surrounding the introduction of the Entry/Exit System (EES). The border control system requires residents of countries outside the EU and Schengen area, including the UK, to register facial and fingerprint biometrics.

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