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#544 Border Back for Immigration Control?
Host Niall talks to Paul Tryvaud opens the lines to listeners to debate a hot topic sparked by the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES), which went live on 12 October 2025 for 29 European countries.
Migration and Home Affairs
The system digitally records non-EU nationals’ entries and exits (passport data, facial image, fingerprints) to better detect overstays and identity fraud.
Migration and Home Affairs
But there’s a catch: Ireland has so far chosen not to take part in full integration with the system. Niall asks: should Ireland reconsider? And more provocatively — could Ireland re-establish a…
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