Entry-Exit-System (EES)

The Entry/Exit System (EES) is a system for managing the Schengen external borders. The European Commission's EES project aims to modernize border management, increase the security of the Schengen area and make border control more efficient by automating numerous processes in order to cope with the ever-increasing number of border crossings.

The EES is used to electronically record the entry and exit of third-country nationals and to automatically calculate the length of stay in the Schengen area. The current manual stamping of travel documents will be replaced by an entry in the EES. The EES is intended to make it easier to detect irregular migration (in particular so-called overstayers) and to identify undocumented travelers more clearly during checks within the Schengen area with the help of biometric identifiers (facial image and 4 fingerprints), among other things.

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