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  2. Automated border control system - Wikipedia

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    The typical work-flow of an automatic border control system (eGate) [1] Automated border control systems (ABC) or eGates are automated self-service barriers which use data stored in a chip in biometric passports along with a photo or fingerprint taken at the time of entering the eGates to verify the passport holder's identity.

  3. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol - Wikipedia

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    Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM), known informally as Schiphol Airport (Dutch: Luchthaven Schiphol, pronounced [ˌlʏxtɦaːvə(n) ˈsxɪp(ɦ)ɔl; sxɪpˈɦɔl]), [g] is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance. [8]

  4. ePassport gates - Wikipedia

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    ePassport gates in Heathrow Airport (Terminal 4) ePassport gates in Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5) ePassport gates in Gatwick Airport (South Terminal). ePassport gates are automated self-service barriers (an automated border control system) operated by the UK Border Force and located at immigration checkpoints in arrival halls in some airports across the UK and at the juxtaposed controls in ...

  5. International airport - Wikipedia

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    An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports , and feature longer runways and have facilities to accommodate heavier aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 commonly used for ...

  6. Border checkpoint - Wikipedia

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    Airport Annual Passengers 1 Dubai International Airport United Arab Emirates: 88,885,367 2 London Heathrow Airport United Kingdom: 75,306,939 3 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong: 74,360,976 4 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Netherlands: 70,956,258 [Note 3] 5 Seoul Incheon International Airport South Korea: 67,676,147 6 Paris-Charles de ...

  7. Juxtaposed controls - Wikipedia

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    UK Border Force checkpoint at the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal, where entry checks are carried out before boarding the train to the UK.. In 1991, the Sangatte Protocol was signed between France and the UK, an agreement that provided for border checkpoints to be set up by France at the Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal in Cheriton, Kent and for border checkpoints to be set up by the UK at the ...

  8. Schiphol Airport station - Wikipedia

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    Schiphol Airport station is a major passenger railway station in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, beneath the terminal complex of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station's six platforms are accessible via twelve escalators and three elevators located in the main concourse of the airport ( Schiphol Plaza ).

  9. PARAFE - Wikipedia

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    Border control at Marseille Provence Airport (with PARAFE self-service gates under construction on the left). PARAFE (abbreviation of Passage Automatisé Rapide Aux Frontières Extérieures or automated fast-track crossing at external borders) is a passport verification and border control system deployed in France and operated by French border ...