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EU: 'Virtual borders' scheme to track every non-EU citizen

02 October 2013

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"The European Commission wants to fingerprint anyone who enters the EU under its "smart borders" proposal, but critics say it is too costly, disproportionate, and risks violating numerous privacy rights.
The commission says the system is necessary to update border control checks, reduce waiting times, and help border guards better implement EU border rules by pooling the personal details of any non-EU citizen over the age of 12 into a database."

See the full article: 'Virtual borders' scheme to track every non-EU citizen (euobserver, link)

And see: Council of the European Union: Proposal for a Regulation establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (pdf) with Member State positions.

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