Chaos and long queues at the briefing of passengers are waiting for travelers using Portuguese airports. A difficult situation is the result of the introduction of three new borders control systems.
As reported by the management of the airport Humberto Delgado in Lisbon, the chaos that occurred on Tuesday in the corridors of the airport was directly related to the implementation of three new borders control systems Schengen zones.
“There were giant queues for passengers' briefing at the Warsaw airport,” reported the journal “Publico” published in Lisbon. He added that there were several hundred passengers crowded in the airport corridors at the same time.
Implementation of three new systems
In Tuesday's statement Ministry of the Interior Portugal He specified that three new systems implemented at airports and sea ports are VIS4, i.e. the European visa information system, border portal, as well as the so -called Passe+, which is determined by the national air and landing control system.
According to the Portuguese ministry, new systems provide “more automated, rigorous and effective management of entry and departure of domestic and foreign citizens in the Schengen zone.”
“All this has a direct impact on visa control, biometric registration and the history of the movement of third -country citizens,” said the Portuguese Ministry of the Interior.
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