European Border Digital System Advances

The European Commission “welcomes” the political agreement in favour of its proposal to progressively deploy Europe’s new digital border system, which was reached on 19 May by Parliament and the Council, which will allow the Entry/Exit System (ESS) to be launched in a test phase. EES will digitally record the entry/exit of third-country nationals travelling to 29 European countries for short-term stays. It will capture biometric data, such as fi…

The article Welcome to Europe, but only after Fabian Peters' biometric striptease first appeared on BASIC thinking. You will always be up-to-date about our newsletter. The EU wants to control migration with the Entry/Exit system (EES). Biometric data such as fingerprints and facial images are to be collected at the external borders. In short, the EU wants to turn millions of non-Europeans into digital suspicious cases – and to distrust them per …