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The EU's biometric Entry/Exit System is now live, with the ETIAS travel authorisation due in late 2026. Here is what changes at the border for UK visitors.

Travelling to Europe changed after Brexit, and ABTA's advice now reads like a checklist: confirm your passport meets the rules, understand the 90/180 limit, and prepare for the EU's new border systems. Here is what UK travellers should tick off before departure.

Behind Europe's borders sits a set of large-scale IT systems that authorities use to fight crime and manage travel. Here is a plain-language guide to SIS, VIS, Eurodac, ETIAS, the EES and how they fit together.

From 12 October, the way every non-EU citizen crosses the bloc's external border begins to change as the long-delayed Entry/Exit System starts operating. Here is a clear guide to what the biometric checks involve and where they apply.

How all non-EU citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc began to change when the EU's long-delayed biometric Entry/Exit System started operations. Here is a clear guide to what changes and why.

Years in the planning and years in postponement, the EU's Entry/Exit System finally arrived in autumn 2025. Reporters tried the new fingerprint kiosks at Eurotunnel and Eurostar to see what the biometric border really involves.

A proposed youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU has reopened debate about Brexit and the opportunities lost to younger people. Here is what such a scheme would involve and why it divides opinion.

ETIAS is the European Union's forthcoming online travel permit for visa-free visitors, and British holidaymakers are firmly within its scope. Here is a clear guide to what it costs, when it arrives and how to apply without falling for a scam.

The European Union's long-delayed Entry/Exit System has begun a bumpy, phased rollout, with biometric checks already causing long queues at some borders. Here is where the rules apply, what they mean for UK travellers, and how to prepare before ETIAS arrives.

Post-Brexit passport rules catch out thousands of British travellers every year. This guide explains the 10-year and three-month rules, how to use dual nationality wisely, and what the EU's new Entry/Exit System will change.