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New British £750 million electronic border control plan ‘breaks EU law’

Richard Ford
London Times
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Britain’s multi-million pound electronic borders project breaches European data protection laws and the free movement of EU citizens, MPs were warned today.

The £750m scheme will also lead to longer queues for passengers travelling by rail and ferry to the continent.

Under e-borders, airline, ferry and rail operators must collect eight pieces of travel information including a passengers full name, date of birth, nationality, date of birth, passport number, passport-issuing country and passport expiry date. The information will be collected electronically from everyone entering and leaving the UK.

The results will then be passed to the UK and checked against security watchlists giving immigration officials early alerts.

But today Eurostar told the Commons Home Affairs select committee that under French law it was unlawful for anyone other than law enforcement agencies to collect the information. As a result it would not able to collect the details required for passengers travelling into the UK.

Marc Noaro, customer services director of Eurostar, said: â€