‘’How do you know the rules won't be enforced?’’ I don’t know, but the 90 day rule has existed for the past 45 years and has never been enforced. Maybe it’s just a storm in a teacup being talked up by drama queens. Perhaps only time will tell.
As for the UK 180 day rule, no one gets fined because most illegal over stayer’s don’t have sixpence to scratch their arse with, and the taxpayer pays their airfare to send them back to wherever they came from. In many cases the immigration hit squad captures illegal over stayer’s at great expense and then releases them on bail, never to be seen again.
Perhaps if any country is really serious about over stayer’s they would do the same as car hire companies and swipe a credit card with a refundable deposit. However the human rights anorak do gooder’s brigade would be out in force with their placards in Trafalgar Square provided it’s not benefit sign on day.
A cynical post I realise, but why do governments and bureaucrats make laws and rules that are either unenforceable or which they have no intension of ever enforcing.