Tag: EES
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Migration control: EU agency spends € 1.5 billion on virtual borders
The launch of the new Entry/Exit System is delayed to September 2023, the Commission says the contracted companies are to blame. Between 2014 and 2020 alone, Frontex and eu-LISA agencies spent a total of €1.9 billion on contracts for border…
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Facial recognition and police records: European biometric systems to be expanded
A new Prüm system will make it possible to query facial images across Europe in the future, and a central biometric EU repository will also be connected to it For 14 years, the member states of the European Union have…
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New control system: Frontex ends pilot project on facial recognition at EU borders
Until now, only asylum seekers and visa applicants had to hand over their biometric data before entering the EU. With an Entry/Exit System, this will be extended to all other travellers from third countries. Border controls will be significantly delayed…
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Billions for Europe’s biometrics giants
All travellers will soon have to submit fingerprints and facial images at the EU’s external borders. For this, large sums of money await companies offering such technologies in each member state. In an “Interoperability Package”, the European Union is spending…
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EU project iBorderCtrl: Is the lie detector coming or not?
A document made legible again reveals how the beneficiaries of EU security research have been pushing for legislative changes for the introduction of prohibited technologies. The EU Commission is now funding a follow-up project with 8 million euros. For three…
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New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis
For “safety and security” purposes, imports into the European Union must be pre-declared in future. This advance data contains information on all persons, companies and means of transport involved in the sale, transport or shipment of the goods. In two…