Travellers warning over new EES fingerprint entry system to EU over airport delays

Anyone entering Europe will have to give their fingerprints (Image: Getty) READ MORE New EU rules 'will put Brits off travel to Spain, Greece and France' Dozens of European airports are reportedly unprepared for the upcoming post- Brexit fingerprinting requirements, potentially causing disruption for British holidaymakers later this year. Concerns have been raised by top industry figures over numerous smaller EU airports' lack of readiness to implement the new fingerprint technology due to be enforced from October. The forthcoming European Entry/Exit System (EES) mandates that all UK nationals must submit biometric data when entering the EU for the first time.

As a non-EU national travelling for a short stay, anyone refusing to provide your biometric data, you will be denied entry into the territory of European countries using EES. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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