Tag: Migration

  • Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Tunisian border authorities are receiving equipment and training assistance from the German Bundeswehr and the Border Police in the course of a number of projects. Existing measures are now being extended. Manufacturers of surveillance technology stand to benefit. The German…

  • German police cooperation with Egypt: New security agreement takes effect

    German police cooperation with Egypt: New security agreement takes effect

    Matthias Monroy, Leil-Zahra Mortada The German Federal Government expresses its concern about the human rights situation and crackdown on civil society in Egypt. Despite this fact, the two countries have begun to implement a new security cooperation agreement, and in…

  • The West attempts hybrid resistance

    The West attempts hybrid resistance

    The EU and NATO are training for their joint rapid response in the event of a crisis with three coordinated exercises. The simulated threat comes from Russia, hackers, the caliphate, immigrants and globalisation critics On 1 September the European Union…

  • “E-smuggling”: Europol steps up efforts against online-assisted migrant crossings

    “E-smuggling”: Europol steps up efforts against online-assisted migrant crossings

    According to the EU police agency, in the past year 17,459 people operated as “human traffickers”. In the majority of cases, refugees and their facilitators communicate using Facebook or Telegram. Seizing of electronic evidence is thus to take on a…