Tourists travelling through Athens are facing hours-long queues at the airport as new EU passport checks fuel fresh chaos for holidaymakers.
Footage captured by a Brit travelling through the Greek hub shows frustrated passengers packed into huge queues as they wait to clear the airport.
The scenes come as Britons are warned they may need to arrive up to four hours before their flights, with millions heading abroad during the peak summer holiday season.
Across Europe, passengers have faced lengthy queues, missed flights and hours of delays at airports since the introduction of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES).
Under the new system, non-EU travellers
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