Tag: Migration
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New UN report documents systematic crimes against migrants in Libya – but EU Commission keeps own findings secret
A new UN report from Libya describes arbitrary detention, abduction, sexual violence against women, men and children, and the forcible interception of boats in the Mediterranean. The EU Commission appears largely indifferent. The United Nations office in Libya published a…
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Use of facial recognition for suspect identification rises sharply among German police
Criminal investigation departments used a facial recognition system of the BKA more than twice as often as in the previous year. The system is generating an increasing number of so-called hits while simultaneously creating a bias against asylum seekers. German…
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Frontex and EUROGENDFOR trained in Finland their new law on (violent) pushbacks
Finland held an exercise last week on the pushback of migrants at three closed border crossings with Russia – with the participation of Frontex, a paramilitary gendarmerie force and border guards from Estonia. Finnish border troops held an exercise last…
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Roadmap for interoperability: EU expands its (border) police databases with facial recognition
The EU agency eu-LISA continues its work on linking fingerprints and facial images. Following the establishment of a super-database, even more systems are now being connected. A new roadmap has been drawn up extending to 2030. The “Interoperability Project” merges…