EU entry-exit system: Everything you need to know about new system as chaos continues

With just days to go before the long-promised completion of the EU entry-exit system (EES), The Independent has learnt the digital border scheme is unravelling.

Some nations in the Schengen area are processing “third-country nationals”, including the British, in accordance with the rules laid down by Brussels. But others – notably France, the most popular country in the world for overseas visitors – are far from ready, despite the progressive roll-out of the scheme over six months.

“Wet stamping” of passports when entering or leaving the Schengen area was due to disappear by 10 April, but is likely to continue at some frontiers. At others, the only data collected may be basic passport details rather than biometrics.

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