PDF - http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/aug/ebord.pdf
The scheme is one of the most advanced in the world - but will not be fuly in place until at least 2018. When it comes to border controls the UK is going to be way ahead of both the EU and the USA. The UK's "e-Borders Programme" is intended to be a
comprehensive system with the mandatory collection of data and
biometrics for everyone who enters and leaves the country.
It will build on new powers in the Immigration and
Nationality Bill currently before parliament and some of its
implications are given in a "Partial Regulatory Impact
Assessment on data capture and sharing powers for the border
agencies"
