Tag: Schengen States
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Entry/Exit System: New EU super-database launches with outages and other problems
System failures, incomplete implementation in Italy and the Netherlands, and unresolved special rules for military personnel and billionaires are overshadowing the launch of the new EU Entry/Exit System. The second phase of implementation has now begun. Since 12 October, EU…
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Asylum seekers: EU fingerprint database to be expanded as it reaches capacity limit
Eurodac, the EU biometric migration control database, is reaching its capacity limit. However, a political agreement to expand it has not progressed since 2016. Now an immense number of queries by police from Germany come as a surprise. According to…
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Data retention and decryption: Justice and Home Affairs Council wants more surveillance
EU member states will call for bypassing encryption also for counterterrorism and law enforcement. In addition, the entry of extremism suspects should be prevented and their assets frozen in the Union. Tomorrow, the EU justice ministers will hold their regular…
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Screening of travellers: U.S. wants to query fingerprint databases in Europe
To participate in the Visa Waiver Programme, Israel allows U.S. authorities access to its biometric data. The government in Washington wants to make this mandatory for another 40 countries. The US government has sent a letter to EU member states…
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First deployment on the edge of a war zone: EU sends Frontex to Moldova
In just a few days, the Republic of Moldova could command units of the EU border force, the deployment is already being prepared. However, a status agreement currently being negotiated with the government in Chisinau would have to exclude operations…