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Old Jul 23, 2012, 9:03 am
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Marcusm
 
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Originally Posted by eddyegghead
Yes, those are the e-passport gates which, in theory, are supposed to eliminate the need for iris altogether.
They definitely would not succeed in that as the e-passport gates are only suitable for EU/EEA chip pass ports whereas Iris was available to anyone with leave to remain in the UK provided they pre registered. Quite complementary systems.
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