Proposed UK ETA system is not a new idea

3 December 2019

In an interview with Eamonn Holmes on TalkRadio, Sophie Barrett-Brown explains how the Home Secretary’s proposal to introduce an Electronic Travel Authorisation system to allow officials to pre-screen arrivals to UK is not a new idea.

Click here to listen to the TalkRadio interview (starts from 4:40pm).

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Sophie Barrett-Brown

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