Overview

• Manual fingerprint and facial checks will remain in place until at least November 2025 because the Frontex-developed digital verification app is delayed
• Port of Dover is reclaiming 13 hectares and establishing a 1.4-mile virtual frontier with specialised buildings for border processing
• Under the new rules all car passengers must exit vehicles for individual biometric capture on every crossing into the Schengen area
• Border officials estimate the biometric regime will add about six minutes to each car journey through peak summer traffic
• The UK and EU are negotiating to remove strict farm-food inspections that currently force up to 40% of trucks to return empty