https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/europeanunion/Recent content in europeanunion on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 21 Jul 2026 05:00:03 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/thousands-of-british-passport-holders-face-border-delays-due-to-biometric-system-flaws/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:00:03 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/thousands-of-british-passport-holders-face-border-delays-due-to-biometric-system-flaws/Thousands of British passport holders are at risk of being stopped and questioned at European borders due to significant flaws in the new biometric Entry and Exit System (EES). Designed to streamline Border Control and speed up arrivals in the EU, the system has instead caused widespread confusion and delays at popular travel destinations such as Spain and Greece. A recent incident in Romania underscores the problem: a British woman was detained when returning from Cluj-Napoca after being mistaken for her identical twin sister.