Border Chaos Grounds Summer Holidays for Many Britons The European Union's new biometric border control system, implemented in late 2025, was intended to streamline travel and reduce wait times at EU checkpoints.
Instead, it has caused severe bottlenecks, leaving millions of travelers stranded in long queues.
Polling by Savanta reveals that nearly a fifth of British adults consider avoiding an EU summer holiday due to the new system's inefficiencies.