EU biometric border checks trigger 3-hour queues for Britons returning home
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UK travel industry urges pause to EU biometric border checks as Dover queues mount
French border police were forced to suspend the EU’s new Entry/Exit System at Dover after bank-holiday queues stretched beyond two hours, prompting UK travel agents and airlines to call on Brussels to pause biometric checks for the summer. ACI Europe says queues at some European airports have already hit 3½ hours, and UK trade bodies warn the delays are denting consumer confidence and could disrupt business travel and freight flows.
Home Office awards Cognitec contract to roll out facial age-estimation for asylum screening
The UK has signed a £322,000 deal with Cognitec to embed facial age-estimation technology in asylum intake procedures from 1 June. Border officers will use AI to help decide whether undocumented arrivals are children or adults—a move the Home Office says will speed cases and cut abuse, but which charities warn risks algorithmic bias.