What consequences will the EU entry/exit system have on travellers?
The upcoming launch of the EU's digital border management system, scheduled for this autumn, raises concerns regarding data protection, asylum law and the rights of children.
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The upcoming launch of the EU's digital border management system, scheduled for this autumn, raises concerns regarding data protection, asylum law and the rights of children.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/06/europe-explained-what-consequences-will-the-eu-entryexit-system-have-on-travellers
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00:00Third-country nationals will soon be required to have their fingerprints scanned and their
00:11faces photographed on arrival in the European Union.
00:15The EU's Digital Border Management System, known as the Entry-Exit System, will be launched
00:22gradually from autumn onwards.
00:25With that system, Europe is actually putting in place the most technologically advanced
00:31border management system in the whole world.
00:34The new system we are putting in place is designed to work together and will also improve
00:42the effectiveness and efficiency also of border checks at external borders and helping us
00:49at the end of the day to detect and also to prevent criminal and terrorist offences.
00:58On the one hand, this electronic system will make it easier for individuals to prove that
01:03they are legally on European soil, as stamps on passports can be wrong or illegible.
01:10On the other, it could pose data protection risks, according to the European Union Agency
01:15for Fundamental Rights.
01:19And when we look at the fundamental rights being impacted, we have, of course, the most
01:24obvious one, the data protection principles, which need to be assured.
01:30But then we have much more also human dignity, the rights of the child.
01:36So for example, the Entry-Exit System, while the fingerprints only need to be taken as
01:43of the age of 12, for facial images, there's no age limit.
01:47So even babies will need to provide their facial images into the EES.
01:53The Entry-Exit System is expected to make border crossings smoother.
01:59I think the big fear that the tourism industry have about the Entry-Exit System is its implementation.
02:07When it's up and running, I think it should go fairly smoothly, but there's going to be
02:13quite a slow process obtaining everyone's fingerprints and photographs.
02:19But once that's established, I think things will go a bit more smoothly than we hope.
02:25This is just the first step.
02:26Starting late 2025 or 2026, travellers from 59 visa-exempt countries must get ETIAS authorisation
02:36prior to visiting the EU.