With great fanfare, the EU last year launched what it described as the “most modern system in the world” to police its borders — a smart electronic frontier to track travellers, help curb immigration and monitor criminals.
After a decade’s preparation, “member states are ready now”, Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for home affairs, promised at the time.
They were not. A year later, the so-called entry/exit system, or EES, has thrown many travellers’ arrivals in the EU into confusion, with airport operators warning of severe delays as the summer holidays begin.
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