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EU Stands by New Biometric Border System as Airlines Demand Pause

Problems at roughly 20 border hotspots producing long queues have prompted officials to signal a likely delay to the ETIAS launch.

EU Adopts Rule Allowing Member States to Place Rejected Asylum Seekers in Third‑Country Return Hubs

EU Ministers Debate Excluding Ukrainian Men of Conscription Age From Future Temporary Protection

EU Reaches Day 90 of EES Rollout, Expanding Biometric Checks Across External Borders

Spain’s EES Rollout Brings Biometric Checks and Early Queues at Malaga and Tenerife South

Bulgaria Alleges Russian Spy Links to EU People-Smuggling as UK Backs Warning

EU Launches Biometric Entry/Exit System, Starting With Pilots in Italy

Austria Deports First Syrian Convict Since Assad’s Fall

Italy Detains German Rescue Ship Sea-Eye 5 After Migrant Rescue

EU States Fail to Act on Agreed Migrant Transfers Under Dublin Rules