France temporarily suspends biometric checks at Dover to avoid summer queues
The French authorities stopped additional controls at Dover to reduce waiting times for tourists, after reports of inconveniences caused by the new border system.
The French authorities suspended additional controls in the British EU border town of Dover as tourists heading to the port face long queues with high temperatures.
The port states that the decision was taken after reporting the 'critical situation' to the border authorities.
This was reported by the Bbc. The EU's biometric border controls, known as the new Entry/Exit System (Ees), require British passengers to undergophoto and fingerprinting in order to enter France.
At Dover, where people pass through French customs before boarding the ferry to cross the Channel,the French authorities had not yet activated the devices which, as part of the Ees system, take fingerprints and photographs.
However, border officials still had to create profiles for travellers linked to the new system, which meant that the time needed to pass border controls became longer.
