More French border guards have been deployed to checkpoints in Britain to prevent long delays caused by new post-Brexit checks on travellers entering the European Union. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander brokered the agreement for the increased presence with her French counterpart Phillippe Tabarot, ahead of the summer holidays.Ministers were “doing all we can to help travellers get through these new EU security checks as smoothly as possible", Ms Alexander said.The new EES system has led to long queues (PA)Airports across Europe have already seen long border queues thanks to the new biometric system, designed to make the EU’s borders more secure. Last month British travellers were also warned of queues up to six hours long at airports this summer. Brought in earlier this year, holidayma