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Asylum seekers: EU fingerprint database to be expanded as it reaches capacity limit
Eurodac, the EU biometric migration control database, is reaching its capacity limit. However, a political agreement to expand it has not progressed since 2016. Now an immense number of queries by police from Germany come as a surprise. According to the Dublin Convention, those states are responsible for asylum applications where protection seekers first arrive […]
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Great Britain wants to return to Frontex: Official request at EU summit in early October
Through an agreement with Frontex, the United Kingdom wants to normalize cooperation with Brussels. However, the country has long been involved in other EU programs to counter migration. The British government has reached a preliminary agreement with the European Union on cooperation with Frontex. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to formally apply for this “third […]
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Water cannons to neighboring countries: Germany leads cross-border support against mass protests
Dutch police spray demonstrators off the street with German water cannons. This cross-border cooperation has been a unilateral tradition for 20 years. For days, tens of thousands of activists have been blockading the government quarter in The Hague following a call by the group Extinction Rebellion. To clear an occupied highway, Dutch police deployed water […]
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Council of Europe against spyware: Five members to investigate cases of abuse
After four EU states, Azerbaijan is now also coming under pressure for the use of spyware like “Pegasus”. A planned resolution should address Germany as well. The Justice Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is calling on Poland, Hungary, Greece, Spain and Azerbaijan to provide information on the use of […]
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Double surveillance of climate activist by German Federal Police was unlawful, court says
For more than two years, the German Police profiled the movements of Cécile Lecomte, a climbing activist sitting in a wheelchair, and secretly surveilled her for several weeks. The officers should have used milder measures, according to a verdict. Accompanied by a solidarity rally, environmental and climbing activist Cécile Lecomte won two lawsuits against the […]
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What did Bavaria’s secret service knew about plans for anti-Semitic double murder in 1980?
Prosecutors review new investigation into murder of Shlomo Levin and Frida Poeschke, as the secret service may have been aware of plans by the radical right-wing “Wehrsportgruppe Hoffmann” to murder Shlomo Levin and Frida Poeschke 43 years ago. This is indicated by a newly discovered document classified as “secret”. 43 years ago, Rabbi Shlomo Levin […]