Tag: Germany
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Justice for German journalist: Four racists sentenced for attack on the island of Lesbos
Four years after attacks on a boat carrying refugees and a German journalist in the port of Thermi on Lesbos, four defendants have been found guilty. On 1 March 2020, 50 refugees drifted unmanoeuvrable on a rubber dinghy between Turkey…
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Planned EU biometrics system turns into disaster: Delay of six months may lead to massive follow-up problems
With the Entry/Exit System, the EU member states want to create a huge database with fingerprints and facial images. Nothing will come of this for the time being. A phased implementation is also not very realistic. The introduction of a…
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Thousands of expellations every year: German government explains numbers of people losing their right of residence
Around 330,000 people are registered for expellation in Germany. However, only ten per cent of them are still in the country. The number of expellations in Germany has levelled off at a uniform level. This is according to an answer…
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EU Entry/Exit System: Germany scrubs repeatedly postponed launch again
The stability and functionality of the EU’s huge biometric database still cannot be tested. The German government adjourns the launch of the system for an undetermined period of time. The full introduction of the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES), which…