Tag: United Kingdom
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German attack on Channel route: Government wants to punish “illegal migration” to Great Britain
Germany intends to further criminalise migration via the English Channel. Cooperation with the neighbouring states is being intensified. This includes removals from the internet. The German government wants to criminalise “human smuggling” across the English Channel to Great Britain –…
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Great Britain wants to return to Frontex: Official request at EU summit in early October
Through an agreement with Frontex, the United Kingdom wants to normalize cooperation with Brussels. However, the country has long been involved in other EU programs to counter migration. The British government has reached a preliminary agreement with the European Union…
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France installs floating barrier on English Channel, such buoys with saw blades in Texas could violate laws
A barrier of floating buoys across the Canche River is designed to prevent departures of inflatable boats to the United Kingdom. Such a construction in the U.S. state of Texas could violate various laws. The responsible authorities of the Pas-de-Calais…
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Europol warning: Right-wingers equip themselves with 3D printed weapons
A radical right-winger has been arrested in Slovakia for using self-printed weapons and explosives. Investigators on the phenomenon met in The Hague three weeks ago. Together with foreign police and intelligence services, officials in Slovakia have arrested a right-wing extremist…
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Facial recognition and police records: European biometric systems to be expanded
A new Prüm system will make it possible to query facial images across Europe in the future, and a central biometric EU repository will also be connected to it For 14 years, the member states of the European Union have…
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Budapest Convention: Council of Europe decides to facilitate the exchange of electronic evidence
In future, investigating authorities and public prosecutors’ offices will be able to force internet providers in a third country to hand over data on their users without a court order there. Even more far-reaching surveillance measures on “e-evidence” are to…