What consequences will the EU entry/exit system have on travellers?? - Onestopimmi

Third-country nationals will soon have to scan their fingerprints and have a photograph of their face taken when arriving in the European Union.European ministers gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the gradual launch of the EU’s digital border management system, known as the entry/exit system (EES), which will register the biometric data of non-European visitors on arrival.

“Europe is thus putting in place the most technologically advanced border management system in the world”, declared Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, at a press conference following the Justice and Home Affairs Council.

He stated that this new system would make it possible to strengthen “the effectiveness of border controls,” to “detect and prevent crime and terrorist acts” and to “combat illegal migration.”

It will apply to third-country nationals travelling to the Schengen area for a total of 90 days within a 180-day period. No precise launch date has been set, but the European Council is aiming for a gradual launch starting in the autumn.