The EU is refusing to suspend strict new border controls despite pressure from airports and airlines who have demanded they be put on hold until after summer amid fears of chaos at holiday hotspots..
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From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe's Schengen open-borders zone will gradually be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks.
Monday September 7th could be a key date for the full enforcement of the EU's biometric border checks with concerns raised that queues at border checks could get longer and slower this month.
The European Commission on Tuesday asked nine countries in the Schengen area, including France, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Italy, Denmark and Norway to phase out internal border checks, which have been reinstated in some…
In the first six months of operation of the new EU digital border system, the Entry-Exit System (EES), almost 7,000 travellers were denied entry into Europe's border-free Schengen area because they stayed beyond their pe…
Copenhagen Airport has now fully implemented the EES border check system after a partial roll-out in October last year, meaning that non-EU travellers arriving in the country from outside the Schengen Area will be finger…
Sweden on Sunday began implementing the new EES biometric border checks, with all non-EU travellers arriving at the country's airports from outside the Schengen Area and fingerprinted at border control. Here are the key…
Non-EU travellers heading to EU/Schengen countries will soon face biometric border controls as the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into force from October 12th. But can travellers opt out?
The European Parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a phased rollout of a new border check system for non-EU nationals which will do away with passport stamps.
The borderless Schengen travel area recently celebrated its 40th anniversary but many countries currently have border checks reinstated. Here's what travellers should expect.
One year on since the introduction of the EU's EES digital border system, the European airports and airlines association has called on EU authorities to take action to ease ongoing congestion at Schengen external border…
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The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new set of safeguards for the 13 billion people who travel in Europe each year by plane, train, coach, bus or ferry.
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