The biometric checks, which will be required at all external EU borders with third countries like the UK, are expected to be introduced in the autumn following years of delays, with travellers’ data remaining on file for three years.
Dan Jarvis, Labour’s shadow Home Office minister for security, pressed minister for legal migration and the border, Conservative MP Tom Pursglove, on the issue in the House of Commons on Wednesday (8 May) following the more than four-hour eGate outage on Tuesday evening (7 May).
