Posted on 03/03/2013 3:46:19 PM PST by Olog-hai
Frequent travelers to the EU’s border-free Schengen area will be able to cross frontiers “in seconds” thanks to a special machine-readable card presented today (28 February) by the EU’s Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.
Malmström presented a “Smart Border Package”, consisting of a Registered Traveler Program (RTP) and an Entry/Exit System (EES), which she said will simplify the life of frequent travelers within the Schengen area. …
Green lawmakers in the European Parliament vowed to block the plan, saying it “would create a Big Brother 2.0 at Europe’s borders”.
“All non-EU travelers would be effectively treated as suspected criminals, with their fingerprints to be collected not just every time they enter and exit the EU, but also when they cross identity controls by police within the EU,” said German MEP Ska Keller, the Green’s spokesperson on migration and civil liberties. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euractiv.com ...
You don’t need a card to enter America, you just have to know how to swim.
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