EU’s Entry-Exit border control system mistakenly identifies two identical twin sisters in Romania

20 July 2026 The European Union's new digital border control system EES mistakenly identified two identical twin sisters in Romania back in May of this year, highlighting some of the platform’s operational problems, according to Politico Europe. The EES, launched on April 10, replaced passport stamps with a European database that uses biometric data, including facial recognition and fingerprints. Its implementation was delayed for four years due to technical difficulties. Some of the EES’s problems persisted, a fact confirmed even by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and in May of this year, a British citizen was stopped at the Cluj-Napoca Airport by border police for allegedly overstaying the legal period of stay in the Schengen Area. The authorities found that her depar