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Burnham urged to suspend EU Entry/Exit System amid 2.2 M travelers

7/25/2026

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Calum Miller urged Mayor Andy Burnham to ask EU leaders to suspend the Entry/Exit System (EES).
About 2.2 million Britons will travel abroad Friday-Monday, mainly to Europe as schools break.
The EES forces non-EU arrivals to register, be photographed and fingerprinted, though police have eased these rules during delays.
Greece will not add biometric checks for UK nationals while France reports its automated booths are down.

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Calum Miller urged Mayor Andy Burnham to ask EU leaders to suspend the Entry/Exit System (EES).
About 2.2 million Britons will travel abroad Friday-Monday, mainly to Europe as schools break.
The EES forces non-EU arrivals to register, be photographed and fingerprinted, though police have eased these rules during delays.
Greece will not add biometric checks for UK nationals while France reports its automated booths are down.