Border security

EVERY traveller entering Europe will be checked against terror watch lists under emergency plan to be agreed by EU ministers today

Every traveller coming into Europe will have their name checked against anti-terror watch lists, under a plan to be agreed by ministers today.

Border guards will scan all passports using computers to compare their details with those kept on wanted persons and suspected terrorists.

At the moment, European Union rules prevent countries in the Schengen Zone systematically vetting European citizens as they enter the 26-nation travel area.

But at an emergency summit in Brussels today, interior ministers will demand that is changed and put into force tighter passport checks.