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Reaction as British passport holders face long queues at Geneva Airport

"The ultimate metaphor for Brexit: a soul-sapping, boring, regressive waste of everyone’s time while the rest of the world overtakes us," Sarah Murphy said.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-12-31 15:23
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Social media users have bemoaned long queues at a European Airport as Brits continued to face travel chaos.

Journalist Jon Sopel posted footage of snaking queues at Geneva Airport, saying there was no wait for EU or Swiss citizens.

The reports echo similar situations in Spain earlier this year, where up to 3,000 passengers missed their flights at Madrid Airport due to post-Brexit checks.

And things could be about to get a lot worse.

Some European nations have warned that new fingerprint and face checks on arriving in the EU could take “up to four times longer” than the present system – with the processing time increased by up to two minutes per person.

The tougher border checks, known as the “Entry Exit System” (EES), are due to come into effect in May 2023 – just ahead of the peak summer season.

The UK helped develop the EES while part of the European Union – then, with the Brexit withdrawal treaty, asked to become subject to the new system.

Needless to say, reaction on social media has been pretty fierce:

Something UK media rarely seems to mention – the fact that the Conservative Government has robbed British citizens of free movement – the ability to live & work in 27 different countries – making generations of our children financially & culturally poorer https://t.co/ReLLj5FYDF

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 30, 2022

The ultimate metaphor for Brexit: a soul-sapping, boring, regressive waste of everyone’s time while the rest of the world overtakes us.

— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) December 30, 2022

They need us more than we need them … we hold all the cards … https://t.co/43CuSbTkHL

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) December 30, 2022

Now we know why so many voted Leave – because the British love to queue

— Alan Weston (@alanweston) December 30, 2022

Related: Gove stuck in 30 hour delay caused by Brexit-related travel chaos

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