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Behind Europe's borders sits a set of large-scale IT systems that authorities use to fight crime and manage travel. Here is a plain-language guide to SIS, VIS, Eurodac, ETIAS, the EES and how they fit together.

EU home affairs ministers backed a phased launch of the Entry/Exit System and endorsed a revised roadmap that schedules ETIAS for late 2026. Here is what the March 2025 Justice and Home Affairs Council decided.

Meeting in Luxembourg on 10 October 2024, EU home affairs ministers examined how the Entry/Exit System would be rolled out in phases, when ETIAS would follow, and how to reinforce the resilience of the Schengen area's external borders.