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Immigration Controls: Airports

Asked by James MacClearyLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 June 2025UIN 54204

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeline is for UK travellers to start having expanded access to EU eGates.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

We have secured confirmation that there will be no legal barriers to eGates use for UK nationals travelling to and from EU Member States after the introduction of the EU's Entry/Exit System.

But the Prime Minister has been clear that there should be no reason why European countries cannot go further and faster on this now.

We are therefore working with individual Member States at pace to make that transition happen as soon as possible.

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