hello, i m lucy grey. a home office source has told the bbc that e gates are starting to work again at uk airports. a nationwide issue, which started on friday evening, has resulted in long queues at passport control. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest spots first and that the it issue has now been resolved. graham satchell has the latest. gatwick airport, described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. than three hours. there was absolutely than three hours. there was absolutely chaos than three hours. there was absolutely chaos at - than three hours. there was| absolutely chaos at passport control, i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport. this is when scenting at luton airport. this is when scenting at luton airort. . , , airport. already been in the queue now f
about what those systems might be. but clearly security at the border is paramount and we cannot let anybody through the border unless they have been properly checked, even though vilhete 99.99% is perfectly genuine, we can t afford to take that risk. the alternative fallback strategy is to push everybody through the manual controls where officers have the systems to do the manual checks there. but we do rely very much on these e gates, critically at dizzee holiday paydays like this. i these e-gates, critically at dizzee holiday paydays like this.- holiday paydays like this. i heard somethin: holiday paydays like this. i heard something like holiday paydays like this. i heard something like 60-70% - holiday paydays like this. i heard something like 60-70% of - holiday paydays like this. i heard - something like 60-70% of passengers something like 60 70% of passengers are processed through the e gates. art the ports too on the question mark they were probably an inquiry after this to