EU citizens will be obliged to have their fingerprints in their passports in the future.
Member states on Tuesday (26 October) agreed at a meeting in Luxembourg that a second biometric identifier, fingerprints, must be included in all new passports and other travel documents.
This follows a decision in June where member states decided that EU passports must include facial images.
The aim is to make passports and other travel documents more secure and establish a more reliabl...
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Already a member? Login hereLisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.
Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.