The major new EU red tape to be imposed on British travellers after lengthy delays

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After that, the next step in tighter border controls is due to be “Etias”: the Electronic Travel Information and Authorisation System. The entry-exit system aims to capture personal data from all “third-country nationals” when they either enter or leave at an external Schengen border – such as flying from Scotland to Spain, taking the Channel Tunnel from England to France or crossing by road from Greece to Turkey. The Commission calls the EES: “The most modern digital border management system in the world.” It is certainly one of the world’s more delayed launches of a multinational IT project. But nothing has happened so far, and one well-placed source told The Independent: “It will almost certainly be well into 2025 before there is any chance of it having a significant effect on British travellers.” Any implementation in the months from Easter to September will coincide with high levels of border crossings.