>Non-EU nationals, including international visitors, comprising both visa holders and visa-exempt travellers, will be required to register their fingerprints and facial images when crossing external EU borders

I wonder if this was done due to the requirements the US put in due to the Patriot Act and requirements put in this year.

I remember arriving in Ireland for the first time in the 80s, no one was at customs. I asked a Janitor where I should go to "check-in", he was confused and point to the door to the outside saying "you can just go".

How times have changed.

What for, given the extradition processes range from faulty to nonexistent?