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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lisa O'Carroll

Plan to fingerprint passengers on entry to EU to be delayed again

Arrivals at Düsseldorf airport, showing separate signs for EU citizens and other nationalities
Arrivals at Düsseldorf airport – 40% of all inward traffic to the EU comes through Germany, France and the Netherlands. Photograph: NurPhoto SRL/Alamy

Plans to fingerprint passengers entering the EU from 10 November are to be delayed for a third time after concerns were raised by France, Germany and the Netherlands, it has emerged.

The introduction of the entry-exit system (EES) requiring non-EU citizens to have their fingerprints or photos taken before entering the Schengen area has already been delayed twice.

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