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Biometric passports are intended to prevent stolen or falsified passports from being used to commit a crime. Moreover, to support cross-border investigations, biometric data are intended to be entered into the Europe-wide, next generation police information system. The use of biometrics is intended to create an additional obstacle for forgeries. Of course, the technical support at border controls could be time-saving for travellers and border control officers. That is the theory, at least. In practice, experts consider passport biometrics to be an unsuitable means of fighting terrorism – the likelihood of someone slipping through unnoticed may even increase. Combating terrorism was, after all, one of the main reasons for introducing biometric passports. SIS II is still not working. Then there are more than enough countries with traditional passports that are easy to forge, not to mention the poorly guarded borders. However, it is precisely these that are misused for the purpose of illegal immigration. It seems that nothing much has changed with regard to the large difference in security standards within the EU, even with the introduction of biometric passports. Thus, we need to eradicate sources of error and the opportunities for forging passports and strengthen our border controls, particularly along the smuggling routes. For this, FRONTEX needs to be armed."@en1
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