Biometric Checks Postponed for Eurostar and Eurotunnel Passengers as France Misses EES Deadline

Cross-Channel passengers breathed a collective sigh of relief on 4 April when French authorities confirmed that the final biometric stage of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) will **not** be activated at UK–France juxtaposed controls in Folkestone, Dover or London St-Pancras in time for the 10 April EU deadline. According to port and rail operators, France has still not delivered the tablets and fingerprint scanners needed to collect facial images and four-fingerprints at the frontier. Until the equipment is installed and stress-tested, border…