‘Mayhem and chaos’: Europe’s airports demand urgent review of new border system

‘Mayhem and chaos’: Europe’s airports demand urgent review of new border system

Shorouk Express The association of European airports called on Thursday for an urgent review of the new EU border system, amid “mounting operational issues” that could affect the holiday season. In a letter to the European Commission, Airport Council International, ACI Europe, said if problems are not resolved by January, “additional flexibility” will be needed…

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NEW: Europe launches long-awaited EES biometric border checks

NEW: Europe launches long-awaited EES biometric border checks

Shorouk Express 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. The aim of the new system? To replace eventually the manual stamp on passports and secure better information-sharing between the bloc’s 27 states. “This…

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