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Airlines seeking alternatives for passengers who opt out of the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES) biometric checks face a narrow legal and operational window: EES replaces passport stamping with mandatory ...
The EES requires most non‑EU short‑stay travellers to have a facial image taken and fingerprints captured on first registration; children under 12 need not provide fingerprints, and long‑stay resident...
EU authorities launched the biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) on 12 October 2025, requiring most non‑EU nationals to have facial images and fingerprints recorded at first entry; subsequent crossings m...
Accredited diplomats and certain diplomatic family members can be exempt from EES (Entry/Exit System) biometric registration in some circumstances, with multiple outlets reporting “diplomats travellin...
Across the , the countries that carry out the largest numbers of are those with the biggest migration enforcement apparatus or the highest irregular arrivals — notably , , and — as measured in return ...
The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an EU-wide digital border-management database that replaces manual passport stamping by recording personal data and biometrics — typically a facial image and fingerprint...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the validity of the EU PNR Directive but substantially narrowed how member states may process Passenger Name Record (PNR) data: broad, undiffer...
Migration to Europe shows real, measurable shifts — irregular arrivals and asylum claims fell in 2025 compared with some earlier peaks, with Frontex reporting a 21% drop in detections in the first eig...
Global and regional counts vary by definition, but available sources put major 2023 totals in three different ways: roughly 184 million people living outside their country of nationality (stock of int...
Immigration has helped slow Europe’s population decline and supports labour supply and public services; Eurostat and analyses show that without migration many EU countries would face much sharper popu...