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Airports: United States tests far-flung immigration checks at the departure

New York, USA - Exasperating queues after attack of Christmas day 2009

An American test aims to decrease the time spent waiting during US immigration authorities checks at US airports. The test is scheduled to start in 14 countries worldwide. The Italian daily "Repubblica" reports that passengers are exhausted waiting for US immigration authorities checks. "Controls are nerve racking, you can wait more than three hours, that is more than a third of the entire flight...

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Rome, Italy, 06/18/2012 16:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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