Tag: EU Commission
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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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What is Frontex doing in Senegal? Secret services also participate in their network of “Risk Analysis Cells”
Frontex has been allowed to conclude stationing agreements with third countries since 2016. However, the government in Dakar does not currently want the EU border police in the country. Nevertheless, Frontex has been active there since 2006. When Frontex was founded in 2004, the EU states wrote into its border agency’s charter that it could […]
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German Ministry on violence and expenses for “returns “: €120,000 for mini-deportation of one person
Over 10,000 people were taken out of Germany by the end of June. The cost of each deportation flight runs into the tens of thousands and is covered by Frontex. In the case of African destination countries, it often involves the use of coercive means. Although EU governments and the Commission in Brussels are introducing […]