Spain Vows to End Travel Delays at Barcelona Airport

May 19, 2017

Spain vowed Thursday to boost security staff at Barcelona airport to end long delays for travelers sparked by the introduction of tighter document checks.

Under EU rules that came into effect in April, border agents must check the documents of all travelers entering the 26-nation free travel area known as the Schengen zone, including European Union nationals, against databases as the block tries to prevent "foreign fighters" returning from Iraq and Syria.

Previously agents only checked the expiration date of the travel documents of European Union nationals and if the photo matched the traveler, which took less time.

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