Matthias Monroy

Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: EBCG

  • Western Balkans test field: Frontex already operates in four non-EU states

    Western Balkans test field: Frontex already operates in four non-EU states

    Frontex was once established to support EU Member States with an external border in their surveillance. The tasks of this European Border and Coast Guard have always included improving controls on land and at EU airports and seaports. However, with the increasing externalisation of European migration defence from 2015 onwards, this scope of responsibility soon […]

  • New Frontex Regulation: Fortress Europe to be upgraded

    New Frontex Regulation: Fortress Europe to be upgraded

    The European Union is setting up a “Standing Corps” of 10,000 border guards, most of whom will be provided by the German Federal Police. The new President of the Commission wants the unit to be complete by 2024. Frontex will also be given more powers and change its organisational structure. With a “Standing Corps” of […]

  • “In fact, Frontex is now flying for the Libyan coastguard”

    “In fact, Frontex is now flying for the Libyan coastguard”

    Frontex gets more resources and powers. Setting the course before elections to the EU Parliament. A conversation with Matthias Monroy The EU wants to perfect the moat of its Fortress Europe and transform the European Agency for Border and Coast Guard (EBCG), or Frontex for short, into a border police force. What are the concrete […]

  • EU merges biometric data pots: Now the query tsunami is coming

    EU merges biometric data pots: Now the query tsunami is coming

    Under the keyword “Interoperability”, the large EU databases in the area of justice and home affairs will be interlinked. Fingerprints and facial images are stored with personal data in a searchable “Identity Repository”. Data queries are expected to increase drastically, with Europol alone expecting 100,000 per day. The European Union is providing all information systems […]