Home Office introduces upgraded border gates and digital visa checks at major airports
Upgraded automated gates and digital visa checks at Heathrow and other international terminals are intended to speed up passenger processing and strengthen security monitoring.
At an imaginary demonstration of a new airport border gate, a nurse offers a hospital wristband to its passport reader. Behind her, a long row of occupied A&E waiting-room chairs has been wheeled into the demonstration. The official presenting the gleaming equipment looks suddenly less pleased with himself.
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