Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: European Union

  • EU migration policy in Niger: Mission accomplished

    EU migration policy in Niger: Mission accomplished

    New study proves deadly impact of European migration regime in the Sahara Responsible for the deaths in the Mediterranean is the European Union’s asylum and migration policy, which requires that asylum applications can only be made in one of its 27 member states. However, people also lose their lives far away from Fortress Europe because […]

  • 30 years of „crypto wars“: The EU chat control is the final enemy in the battle over encryption

    30 years of „crypto wars“: The EU chat control is the final enemy in the battle over encryption

    The EU Commission and Europol have been working on access to encrypted content since 2015. The breakthrough came in 2020 with the German Council Presidency. Since the advent of encrypted communications and simple methods for their use, governments have been working on measures to circumvent them. That’s why 30 years ago, the US military secret […]

  • Crotone shipwreck discovered by Frontex with high-tech to locate phones of refugees

    Crotone shipwreck discovered by Frontex with high-tech to locate phones of refugees

    On behalf of the EU border agency, private service providers are monitoring the Mediterranean Sea with planes and drones. Frontex and Airbus give different information about the surveillance technology on board. The refugee boat that sank off the southern Italian town of Crotone at the end of February was discovered using technology to detect phones. […]

  • Europol coordinates armed special forces and now also surveillance teams

    Europol coordinates armed special forces and now also surveillance teams

    With the Atlas group, the EU has a powerful police network of 38 member states. On Germany’s initiative, a „surveillance group“ has now been added. Actually, the European Union is not supposed to take competences away from the member states. Therefore, in each of the 27 EU countries, the local police is responsible for law […]