According to the UK government website, there are more than 270 eGates in operation at 15 air and rail ports in the UK to speed up entry into the country.
However, Blunkett, who has been blind from birth, told delegates at TTG’s Fairer Travel Diversity Forum on Monday (8 July) that because his eye lids flicker, the facial recognition technology built into the UK’s eGates is unable to check his identity against his passport photo.
He later told TTG he estimates “tens of thousands” of Brits are currently impacted by this.
