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Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact

Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact

FromThe Tech Brief


Between privacy and border control: Tech in the Migration Pact

FromThe Tech Brief

ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Apr 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Last week, the EU Parliament voted to pass amendments to Eurodac, previously a fingerprints database, along with a new Migration Pact to boost border security.The expansion of Eurodac will see migrants’ biometric data, including facial images, collected and stored for 10 years and exchanged between police and border authorities.This includes children as young as six years old.On today’s podcast, rapporteur for the file, MEP Jorge Buxade Villalba said why he thinks regulation is necessary — and why he thinks it has been vilified be NGOs. In a separate interview, AccesNow’s Caterina Rodelli, said on why she thinks the Eurodac entails mass surveillance for migrants and asylum seekers — and why she that’s a bad thing.
Released:
Apr 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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EURACTIV Digital & Media Editor Luca Bertuzzi gives a breakdown of the week’s biggest European tech news in the world of politics and policy.