New Border Checks at Schiphol Pushed Wait Time to Almost 2 Hours in Early September
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Nearly two hours in line. That is how long travelers had to wait at border control at Schiphol in early September. Not due to a strike, not due to a storm, but due to a new European computer system designed to register fingerprints and faces. Passengers miss their flights, airlines...
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New border checks at Schiphol pushed wait time to almost 2 hours in early September
The new digital border screening system has reportedly been creating widespread chaos at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport six months after implementation. Wait times at passport desks in the arrivals halls and for connecting passengers have consistently climbed by over an hour almost every day in early September, peaking at 110 minutes.
New digital border control is intended to make Europe safer, deter terrorists, keep out unwanted foreigners, and detect fake passports. But six months after the introduction of this Entry/Exit System, chaos reigns everywhere. At Schiphol, the situation is ‘critical’ day after day.
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bd.nlNew digital border controls are intended to make Europe safer, deter terrorists, keep out unwanted aliens, and detect fake passports. But...
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