Would you upload your biometric data to a central database to save border agents time during travel security checks?
The European Commission is asking for feedback on a proposal to digitalise passports - but we raise several big concerns.
https://edri.org/our-work/pre-travel-controls-digitalising-travel-documents/
@edri IIUC, passports are technically a convenience to begin with. Your right to enter the EU is guaranteed by your citizenship, not the existence or state of a document. Of course it would be a longer process to enter w/out a passport.
So I’m thinking in terms of a protest. If many people refuse a biometric passport the system would be clusterfucked w/labor-intensive verifications when they re-enter the EU w/out one.
I guess the snag is ppl would have a hard time leaving the EU w/out a passport in the first place. Perhaps only dual citizens could participate in this kind of protest.
@bojkotiMalbona @edri I mean, if you're just travelling through the Schengen are you don't need the passport at all. I imagine this would be a replacement for the passport, it makes no sense otherwise.
