UK-EU breakthrough will allow airport-style checks at Eurotunnel to avoid border ‘chaos’
Summary
Eurotunnel plans to trial drive-through passport and biometric checks at its terminals in Folkestone and Calais. The two-year trial would use monitored cameras at kiosks to help passengers submit fingerprints and facial images without leaving their vehicles, reducing the risk of queues as the EU’s Entry/Exit System is introduced.Key Facts
- Getlink, which owns Eurotunnel, has installed 120 kiosks across the Folkestone and Calais terminals.
- Each vehicle will be able to stop at a kiosk with two stands for passport checks, fingerprints and facial images.
- The European Commission and French authorities have authorised a trial of cameras to monitor the kiosks.
- The trial is expected to last two years, and Getlink hopes the system will become permanent.
- The EU Entry/Exit System requires non-EU citizens, including British passport holders, to provide fingerprints and facial images when entering or leaving the Schengen area.
- Nine of the EU’s 27 member states, including France, had not fully deployed the Entry/Exit System because of technical problems.
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