Delays caused by EES should prompt compensation question

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : Holiday Extras chief executive Matthew Pack asks whether the EU's new border-control system represents a step backwards The EU's Entry/Exist System (EES) - the sprawling border-control system that now greets non-EU travellers with passport scans, fingerprinting and facial recognition - was designed with a noble aim: modernise the way the Schengen Area manages short-stay travel and strengthen the integrity of its external borders.
54% : It's part of a broader shift towards automated identity checks that the EU hopes will make travel "faster and more secure".
54% : The EU's aim may have been to modernise borders and tighten control over who comes and goes.
53% : Under Regulation (EC)
53% : With budgets tight and tourists worth billions to European economies, it's worth asking whether less is more when it comes to border control.
44% : And at what point does the bureaucratic cost outweigh the supposed benefits? EU officials argue that EES helps combat serious crime and irregular migration by giving authorities a more complete picture of who is entering and leaving.
43% : This raises a pointed question: if the EU will compensate travellers for flight delays under its current passenger rights scheme, shouldn't they compensate for delays at the border itself too?
42% : Travellers have every right to ask: if the EU expects us to queue for biometric data capture, doesn't it owe us the time we lose at the gate?
39% : Systems across Europe are simply not working efficiently, with reports suggesting some people are missing flights or connections entirely because lines at border control are moving so slowly.

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