Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said if there was to be chaos at the border following the introduction of the EU’s new biometric entry-exit system (EES), it would send a "terrible signal" to tourists and business travellers.
To compound matters, current planning for the EES checks were branded “severely inadequate” by HS1 – the owner and operator of the line and stations between London and the Channel Tunnel – last week.
In evidence presented to the European Scrutiny Select Committee, HS1 outlined how registering a non-EU passenger is expected to take an extra two minutes per passenger before highlighting how not enough kiosks had been allocated at St Pancras.
