Visitors may be fingerprinted on entry to EU
VISITORS to the EU could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to shake up border security, it was announced yesterday.
The tougher controls could also include a satellite surveillance system monitoring the union's entire territory.
The proposals are designed to reinforce controls and counter fears about security following last December's extension of the EU's internal passport-free "Schengen" area to nine of the newer member states in central Europe.
And Franco Frattini, the EU commissioner, said it was up to the UK and Ireland – not Schengen members and currently retaining their own border control arrangements – to decide whether to join in.
The proposals will have to be agreed by member states and MEPs.
The full article contains 122 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
13 February 2008 10:12 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
European Union