France and UK to increase staffing at border controls in effort to stave off travel chaos
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Key context: <p>Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new fingerprinting and facial recognition checks</p><p>France and the UK have agreed to increase staffing at border controls in response to warnings of travel chaos caused by new fingerprinting and facial recognition checks.</p><p>Disruption at Channel crossings is expected to rise sharply next weekend at the start of the summer holiday season, with MPs warning of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/08/port-of-dover-faces-utter-chaos-under-struggling-eu-entry-system-mps-warn">“utter chaos and miles of tailbacks”</a> unless the EU’s entry/exit system (EES) is fixed or checks are suspended.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/12/france-uk-increase-staffing-border-controls-travel-chaos">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Disruption at Channel crossings expected to rise amid new fingerprinting and facial recognition checksFrance and the UK have agreed to increase staffing at border controls in response to warnings of travel chaos caused by new fingerprinting and facial recognition checks.Disruption at Channel crossings is expected to rise sharply next weekend at the start of the summer holiday season, with MPs warning of “utter chaos and miles of tailbacks” unless the EU’s entry/exit system (EES) is fixed or checks are suspended. Continue reading...
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