British tourists should expect long airport queues due to new biometric border checks

British tourists should expect long airport queues due to new biometric border checks

Faulty technology and hold-ups as travellers provide biometric data in the form of fingerprints and facial scans has resulted in long snaking queues at airports.

Rafael Schvartzman, International Air Transport Association (Iata) vice-president for Europe, said the new Entry Exit System (EES) could create 'challenging' queues.

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