Tag: Canada

  • Relaunch of the EU-US Migration Platform

    Relaunch of the EU-US Migration Platform

    Twice a year the USA and the EU want to meet to talk about migration and asylum policies At their most recent meeting in Washington last December, the justice and interior ministers of the EU and the USA revived their…

  • German Police: Interventions more than doubled after exchange of passenger data

    German Police: Interventions more than doubled after exchange of passenger data

    The EU PNR Directive is leading to more and more interventions by the German authorities. An extension to rail, bus and ship travel is not yet off the table, but before that the Court of Justice in Luxembourg will rule…

  • Missiles and sensors: German technology for the Turkish drone war

    Missiles and sensors: German technology for the Turkish drone war

    Turkey’s best-selling armed drone is equipped with cameras from German company Hensoldt, a spokesperson confirms. The device could guide missiles developed with German help to a target. The government in Berlin also has a stake in the defence company. Turkey…

  • New regulation: Europol becomes quasi-secret service

    New regulation: Europol becomes quasi-secret service

    The EU police agency processes billions of personalised “big data”, much of it from governmental hacks or intelligence sources. The new Europol vice-director, who was trained in the French military, plays a special role. Now it’s up to the EU…