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Originally Posted by martyh
To start with we will be able to close the EEA/EU channels at the ports so that every passport will be checked thoroughly and not fast tracked through the gates,EEA passengers are not checked as thoroughly as non EU passengers .
The main problem though is the sheer number of people arriving at our borders ,mostly from the EU making proper passport checks impossible . This report from the Public Accounts Committee is quite damning of our border controls and although not laying blame on EU membership it's fairly obvious that not having thousands of people rocking up with right of entry will make a huge difference to our ability to control who enters and who doesn't . |
If the border controls can't cope now then how will they cope when the queues get longer with the removal of the EEA gates? As you said they struggle to deal with the amount of people coming to passport control as it is so taking longer on each passenger would make things worse.
Also aren't the EU gates there because we know these people don't need travel visas? They still check the passports, they still put them in the scanner thing if it's a modern one but they just don't have to check any visa requirements.
What would we do differently there or are we going to require additional checks/visas on people coming from Europe? If so then that could hurt tourism and we would get the same treatment on the way to Europe which would be a massive pain.
Is there even any evidence that EU citizens are the problem with the border controls?