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The new approach sees rules around one key element of the entry-exit system – biometrics, where officials would take fingerprints and a photograph of a traveller’s face – loosened.
Passengers had been expecting to face the new Schengen Area border checks from 6 October. But The Independent has learnt the new launch date for the Entry-Exit System (EES) is Sunday 10 November – with a “last resort” option to postpone by a week to 17 November to ensure member states are ready.
The system has been repeatedly pushed back, having originally been due to launch in 2021. The European Commission has not confirmed the November date.
With the potential for travellers to be caught in queues at busy transport hubs, the scheme will now see the introduction of a “relief valve”, which will mean many people at crowded checkpoints could be excused biometric registration – fingerprints taken and a photo of the face – on first entry. This would significantly reduce delays.
Concerns have previously been raised about how the border checks will work, with some EU member states who have modelled the effects on airport immigration queues estimating that each passenger could take up to four times longer to process.
In January, MPs were warned that Britons travelling to Europe could face waits of 14 hours or more at border control unless measures were introduced to prevent delays.
The latest delay to the EES has been caused by concerns that not all nations are ready for the switch from manual to digital checks, as well as to avoid long queues of passengers in the October half-term exodus from the UK.
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