What happens if I’m rejected for an Etias – and can I appeal?
26 August 2024
i, 26 August 2024.
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"“As well as having to hand over all this information, travellers will have to deal with longer waiting times at borders and will face the risk of being flagged as a “risk” by an algorithm. EU officials are currently devising new ‘screening rules’ that will be used to decide who is a security, immigration or health risk,” Statewatch’s Chris Jones told i.
“These rules will reinforce the existing racist and discriminatory profiling that takes place at borders. It is urgent that people know their rights so that they can challenge unjust decisions or treatment,” he added.
“While travellers will face inconvenience, invasive data-gathering and profiling, the real beneficiaries of these new systems are police and border forces, alongside the corporations developing and maintaining the databases, who are receiving hundreds of millions of Euros in public money,” Mr Jones said.
The UK is developing its own system, similar to the Etias. With all the confusion surrounding the EU’s initiative, Mr Jones suggests the UK “would be wise to follow a different path”."
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