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  • EU migration control: easier access to satellite intelligence

    EU migration control: easier access to satellite intelligence

    Earth observation is playing an increasingly important role in European security and defence policy. Greater synergies are to be achieved between civil and military capabilities in future. This is being trialled in the field of migration control: satellites are providing…

  • Military intelligence for Europol

    Military intelligence for Europol

    The EU plans to strengthen the linkages between its internal and external security structures. In future, military information will increasingly be used in combating terrorism and organised crime. Cooperation is being tested first in the field of migration. The European…

  • A seahorse for the Mediterranean: Border surveillance for Libyan search and rescue zone

    A seahorse for the Mediterranean: Border surveillance for Libyan search and rescue zone

    Libya is to become the first third-state to join the EU’s satellite-supported “Seahorse Mediterranean” network. The Italian military is currently setting up the necessary control centres, to be followed by a new application for a search and rescue zone, supported…

  • Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Tunisian border authorities are receiving equipment and training assistance from the German Bundeswehr and the Border Police in the course of a number of projects. Existing measures are now being extended. Manufacturers of surveillance technology stand to benefit. The German…