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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n Independent readers have reacted with frustration to the EU<\/a>\u2019s new digital border scheme, which has led to delays of up to three hours<\/a> at passport control. <\/p>\n Many criticised the scheme\u2019s complexity, with fingerprinting and facial biometric registration adding time to already slow border checks.<\/p>\n As the Airports Council International in Brussels called for an urgent review of the entry-exit system (EES), rolled out across Europe<\/a> in October, some readers criticised the EU for inefficiency, describing the new scheme as \u201cineffective.\u201d<\/p>\n Others highlighted that delays were predictable and directly stemmed from the UK\u2019s decision to leave the EU, arguing that travellers must \u201clive with the consequences\u201d of Brexit<\/a> rather than blaming the EU or its citizens.<\/p>\n A number of commenters shared personal responses, with some deciding to postpone trips to Europe until the system improves, while others witnessed delays being down to travellers being unprepared.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you had to say:<\/p>\n Brexit has failed<\/strong><\/p>\n The EU has taken back control. The new EU\u2013UK treaty that takes Gibraltar into Schengen and a customs<\/a> union is now also agreed text.<\/p>\n Brexit has failed.<\/p>\n Egregiously. <\/p>\n wolfie<\/a><\/p>\n Actions meet consequences<\/strong><\/p>\n Here we go again!<\/p>\n This is what this island\u2019s elite DEMANDED as treatment for its subjects after running away from the EU.<\/p>\n This island suffers from the acute malady of never linking actions to consequences. <\/p>\n Betrayed-Brit<\/a><\/p>\n Holding off visiting Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n It was always going to take the EU an age to get this system up and running properly, as it was bound to have teething problems, as now proved. <\/p>\n Therefore, my wife and I have decided to hold off visiting Europe until customs can get their act in gear and to book to visit countries (and spend our money) in countries that aren’t part of this system, as have many of my family and friends. <\/p>\n We are all now expanding our horizons and deciding to visit countries we would never have considered before. <\/p>\n Rafpi1964<\/a><\/p>\n The UK got what it wanted<\/strong><\/p>\n ESTA<\/a> is an automated system that determines the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program.<\/p>\n We in the UK could and can live with that.<\/p>\n And now the strangest thing…<\/p>\n We didn’t want the EU. We didn’t want its customs union. We didn’t want its free travel arrangement. <\/p>\n Blaming the EU for treating us as foreigners to the EU, as we called ALL EU citizens: foreigners.<\/p>\n I truly don’t understand this discussion we’re having here on this forum. The UK got exactly what it wanted: out of the EU, out of being EU citizens. And still, as if it were a mantra, we simply can’t lose. We keep blaming the EU and its citizens for an amputation so nationally desired \u2013 even by Brits dwelling in Spain \u2013 still blaming the EU and Spain for being treated as foreigners, as their casted nationalistic vote came home to hunt them.<\/p>\n People grow up!<\/p>\n Live with the consequences of your vote, instead of this continuous complaining about it. <\/p>\n Brad<\/a><\/p>\n Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n I noticed delays being caused by people not pre-registering and then having to do it when they got to border control. People who had registered their face photo and fingerprint on the machines before arriving at the border desk were quickly stamped through. <\/p>\n Dogsbrexit<\/a><\/p>\n Delays are inevitable<\/strong><\/p>\n When you control border access, some delay and discomfort is always going to happen; greater in the beginning and reducing over time. <\/p>\n On the entire issue of border control, I suggest the UK and its society keep very, very silent. <\/p>\n Jonathan Mills<\/a><\/p>\n Inefficient and authoritarian<\/strong><\/p>\n Just goes to show what an inefficient, ineffective organisation the EU is. The British people made the right decision, and anything done to subvert their will is authoritarian. <\/p>\n FaithofOurFathers<\/a><\/p>\n Another Brexit benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve seen this system work with more efficiency than you’d ever see at a UK airport.<\/p>\n And if you do have to wait, please, just be grateful for yet another Brexit benefit. Where once you were a citizen, now you are a stranger who must be fingerprinted and photographed to be allowed in. <\/p>\n rEUjoin<\/a><\/p>\n Some of the comments have been edited for this article for brevity and clarity.<\/p>\n Want to share <\/strong>your views<\/strong><\/a>? Simply register your details below. Once registered, you can comment on the day\u2019s top stories for a chance to be featured. Alternatively, click \u2018log in\u2019 or \u2018register\u2019 in the top right corner to sign in or sign up.<\/strong><\/p>\n Make sure you ad\u2019here to our community guidelines, which can be found <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. 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