Tag: Migration
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Frontex withholds details about people in distress – while this data apparently goes to coast guards in Libya
The EU border agency only passes on limited information about refugee boats in distress at sea to ships in the vicinity, so that the people are picked up by Libya’s coast guard. This is indicated by data from Sea-Watch. The…
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Access to biometric police data: EU Commission wants to negotiate secretly with the U.S.
The U.S. is demanding automated access to biometric police and asylum data in EU states. Also Trump’s infamous anti-migrant-militia ICE could use the fingerprints and facial images. Nevertheless, the Commission is starting negotiations under high secrecy. The U.S. government requires…
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EU doubles pullback system in Libya: Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and coastguard equipment
Control centre and surveillance tower: the EU is copying its backdoor model from western Libya to the east. Notorious militias are to intercept refugees on a new route to Crete. Following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human…
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Modern border surveillance: Frontex’s techno-racist vision becomes sharper
The EU border agency aims to use space and stratosphere technology to automatically observe migration routes. However, this highly upgraded view from above also raises questions. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex presents in a current report “Earth…