The EU± Schengen Area is playing a big game of schedule chicken right now. The announced date for the start of the repeatedly delayed Entry/Exit System is November 10, which is very soon, but no one will officially comment whether it's actually going to happen or not, and leaks say some countries aren't ready.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/17/eu-fingerprint-and-facial-recognition-checks-expected-to-be-delayed-again
It will require everyone entering to have a biometric scan and will probably explode the lines, which are already excessively slow in some places.
Ben Brockert /
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2024-09-24 12:01:48
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