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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

October 15th - EU entry-exit system: UK borders minister on the new challenges for travellers

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6628 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

At London St Pancras International, hub for Eurostar – and one of three locations in the UK where passport control is carried out before departing for France – I caught up with Alex Norris, Minister for Border Security and Asylum.


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Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast with me, Simon Coulin.

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It's Wednesday the 15th of October.

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There has been so much interest in the entry-exit system, the digital borders scheme,

1:23.3

that has taken effect across Europe, or rather, is being rolled out at rather different

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paces. And I've been lucky enough to talk to the Home Office Minister responsible for this,

1:37.6

Alex Norris, about the entry-exit system, what the UK can do, and also about the electronic travel authorisation,

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