Commission orders biometric data for non-EU nationals
The deadline to include a biometric facial image and two fingerprints in the identity cards was more than three years ago. All migrants are supposed to be identified and fingerprinted in whatever country they first enter the EU, and the information is then loaded onto an EU-wide system that can be accessed by the security authorities in all EU states.
The Department of Justice said work is well under way and it is working with the commission to complete the project which would mean all “third-country nationals” living in the EU (people applying for visas in countries that are not their country of origin in order to go to a destination country which is also not their country of origin) would have the same card.
