The EU earlier this month confirmed the November start date for EES – the EU’s proposed new biometric border controls that were originally scheduled to take effect in 2022 – was being pushed back again, with no new start date given.
Dover Council leader Kevin Mills told the Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee that the road network around the Port of Dover would not have been ready, while the iPads Dover plans to use to process travellers had not been delivered. He also revealed no live trials of EES had taken place.
