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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent and Lisa O’Carroll

Will the EU’s new fingerprint entry system cause gridlock? The Guardian tried it out

Years in the planning, and years in the postponement: EES day has finally arrived. The EU’s new entry-exit system is modernised and streamlined – but possibly still not quite ready – for action.

From 12 October, most non-citizens of the EU will start having to register their biometric information at the border – with faces photographed and fingerprints scanned – before being allowed into Europe’s Schengen area.

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