00:00If you're travelling between the UK and the EU and you're a British citizen, the rules are about to change.
00:06On the 12th of October, the EES system comes into play and that means big changes here at Folkestone
00:12if you're about to use the shuttle or at St Pancras if you're using Eurostar or at the port of Dover
00:19if you're about to get a ferry to France.
00:21Now, what do these changes involve? Well, essentially two things.
00:24One, you'll have to have a picture taken of your face.
00:27Two, you'll have to have your fingerprints scanned.
00:30You'll only have to do this once, but then when you're coming on each journey to and from the EU
00:34you will still have to have your face checked against your passport.
00:38British travellers will also have to undergo the same checks at airports
00:42but it will feel much more part of the normal process because the checks will be done when you land in the new country.
00:49But here at Folkestone, because this is technically part of France, the French border starts in the UK
00:55just as at St Pancras, it will feel a bit different.
00:58So if you're driving through to France and about to put your car or your camper van on the shuttle train
01:04then you'll have to get out of your vehicle with your family, your friends, whoever you're travelling with
01:09and everybody at the first time will have to have their face scanned and give their fingerprints.
01:15Now, this does start on the 12th of October but the hope is that this will be ramped up slowly
01:20and it will take six months to come in, so it shouldn't affect families travelling over the October half term school holidays.
01:26This is happening for everyone, you know, not being an EU resident, entering or leaving EU
01:32so for all the countries, not only France, but Germany, you know, everywhere, if you are not, you know, based,
01:38I mean, if you don't have a European passport.
01:40The big question, of course, is how long will this delay your journey getting to the continent?
01:45Well, bosses here at Eurotunnel say it should only be about two minutes extra per passenger
01:50and that's for the first time you use these booths.
01:53It should be easier for each consecutive trip because once you've registered
01:56you won't have to register again for another three years.
01:59But what it will mean is that any EU passengers or EU families driving out of the UK
02:06will be fast-tracked through to the border checks, whereas British families will have to queue up
02:12to go through all these checks first, which may, of course, lead to quite a bit of tension
02:16as people essentially jump the queue and get home or get to their destination more quickly.
02:22It has been launched for security reasons.
02:24The goal was to know for Europe at each time, you know, who is on the European territory and as you can imagine
02:32in the world we live now, unfortunately, we must have that kind of control.
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