Border Management: Council and European Parliament Strike Agreement About Progressive Launch of Entry/Exit System

In order to better control irregular migration, the European Union (EU) wants to introduce a new electronic entry system, which will automatically record which non-EU citizens enter or leave a Member State – for example with fingerprints and facial images.The database will then indicate whether people are staying in the Schengen area longer than allowed. Member States will be able to access travel data and residence status of third-country natio…

In the EU, the digital entry and exit system is to be introduced gradually. Representatives of the European Parliament and the EU member states agreed on this.

The system should automatically record which non-EU citizens enter or leave a Member State, and the database should also indicate whether someone stays longer than allowed in the Schengen area.

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have reached a preliminary agreement that will allow EU member states to gradually implement a digital border management system (EES) over six months, which will collect biometric data of third-country nationals entering...

All Member States will start implementing the EES as soon as it becomes operational.

“Portugal enters a new era in border management, with the implementation of the new VIS4EES, PASSE+ and Portal das Fronteiras control systems,” the National Republican Guard reported on Monday. This action is being developed within the scope of the European plan for digital transformation of border management, which will bring more innovation, more security, greater trust, informs […]