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There is no backup if the passport link does not work, despite years of pressure we aren't getting a biometric card.
I'm not convinced a biometric card is the answer. In lots of parts of the world you have an official residence and have to register with the local town hall so there is actually a list of who lives in the country (independent of citizenship etc). We don't have anything like that in the UK, if we did it would be fairly easy to establish things like this.
jellybaby-
A biometric card is harder to forge than an email I suppose?
EU citizens with EUSS face the problem that many employers and landlords don't recognize or accept the email...which is all we get. (You get a share code for them but it's digital only)
Some people get hassle at the border, that reduced after a big row with the EU a few month back.
Of course you are right a register is often better (might have issues too?), and that would have avoided many issues with EUSS as well.
JWestland
Should they leave people stranded?
There is no backup if the passport link does not work, despite years of pressure we aren't getting a biometric card.