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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Czech checkpoint: Man versus machine at Prague airport

Welcome to Prague? The entry-exit system has added another layer to border control checks - (Simon Calder)

“Border Control Registration”: if you travel to the European Union and wider Schengen area, start getting used to the term. This is one of the extra hurdles the British awarded themselves by bravely deciding to take back control and leave the EU.

The entry-exit system (EES) means “third-country nationals” such as UK passport holders travelling to the European Union and wider Schengen area must be photographed and fingerprinted at the frontier. To do that, European countries are adding an extra hurdle ahead of the usual passport check.

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