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European Airlines Warn of 'Severe Disruption' From New Border Checks
SOURCE: FRANCE 24, 2/11

European airlines warned Wednesday that the new entry system for travellers into the Schengen open-borders zone will cause "severe disruption" over peak summer months, and called for action to resolve "critical issues" behind already existing delays.

The new Entry/Exit System (EES), in place since October, aims to replace stamps on passports and secure better information-sharing between the bloc's 27 states with automated photographs and fingerprints for non-EU nationals.

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