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EU Entry-Exit System Faces Delays Seven Weeks After Deadline
The EU entry-exit system missed its full rollout target seven weeks ago. Implementation problems have produced long queues and missed flights at several European airports and ports.
May 29, 5:42 AM·1m read1 source
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The EU entry-exit system was scheduled to reach 100 per cent completion in every Schengen area nation seven weeks ago. The digital scheme records entries and exits by third-country nationals, including UK citizens, and collects fingerprints and facial biometrics. Rollout has been inconsistent.
More than 100 passengers were left behind at Milan Linate airport after extended passport-control delays. Gridlock also occurred in Dover last weekend during the May half-term holiday period. The European Commission maintains that the European Travel Information and Authorisation System will begin operations in the last quarter of 2026, six months after successful EES implementation.
Officials have not revised that schedule. An Ask Me Anything session on the system is scheduled for 1pm to 2pm today to address traveller questions about summer and winter travel to Europe.
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