EUROSTAR revealed its £8.5million preparations for the new European Entry Exit System that will be introduced later this year.
Eurostar officials claim passengers will take no longer than 90 seconds to complete the checks - which will then be confirmed by French border officers once a passenger has checked in, gone through security and passed through the Eurostar chief stations and security officer Simon Lejeune said: "We're not going to ask our customers to arrive earlier for EES.
The committee has called on the UK government to use "all diplomatic efforts" to delay the implementation of the new rules.to the Minister for Legal Migration and the Border, Tom Pursglove, committee members argued that the EES shouldn't be introduced "until a smartphone application for pre-registration is ready".Eurostar"We have been impressed by their response.