UK Budgets 10.5 Million Pounds To Add Border Inspection Equipment

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JAKARTA - The UK will spend 10.5 million pounds (USD 13.9 million dpllar) to help ports prepare post-Brexit security checks imposed by the European Union for British citizens.

More than four years after Britain officially leaves the EU, the 27-member building will introduce a digital border system this fall, known as an entry and exit (EES) system, which will eliminate the need to manually scan passports.

The new rules will require people traveling from the UK and other European non-EU countries to register at the border, including scanning faces and fingerprinting, as well as making digital records linking travel documents to a person's identity using biometrics.

The UK's new Labor Party government warned within weeks of taking office in July that the country was not sufficiently prepared to carry out new checks and is likely to cause disruptions.

The funding will help ports to implement the necessary technology and complete work such as installing kiosks and recruiting and training staff to prepare for the implementation of the inspection, the government said.

"Although the EES inspection will be a significant change to the EU border, we are working hard with the European Commission, member states and ports to ensure we are well prepared, and minimize any disturbances for Britons traveling to Europe," said Seema aired., British immigration officials reported by Reuters, Tuesday, August 27.

Dover Harbor, Eurotunnel on Folkestone and Eurostar at St Pancras station in London will receive 3.5 million each.

Britain chose to leave the EU in 2016 and officially left the EU on January 31, 2020, although Britain remains on the European singles market until 2021.