Biometric immigration controls open at Marseille’s airport for EU residents
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The scanners will use a combination of fingerprint scans and information stored in passport chips to verify identities and allow faster passage through immigration control.
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Marseille Provence adopts biometric e-gates – Future Travel Experience http://t.co/beyGLJa7 #travel
@Four new e-gates have been installed … at Marseille Provence Airport as part of the PARAFE (Automated Fast Track Crossing at External Borders) programme, which makes use of biometric identification to speed-up the immigration process.
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