EU border advisory group pitches biometric watchlist data sharing arrangement
Changes are coming to the borders of the European Union and Canada, with the former recommended to adopt an integrated…
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Belgium approves biometric database for migrants as part of EU Entry/Exit System requirement
In efforts to comply with the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) which is expected to go fully operational by the…
Easier and Idemia to collaborate on biometric Entry/Exit System for Lithuania
Easier and Idemia were chosen by the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service to provide biometric exit and entry systems in compliance…
Austria awards Secunet €15M border biometric entry/exit system contract
The German security and biometrics firm Secunet has been awarded a €14.6 million (US$16.2 million) contract by Austria’s Federal Ministry…
‘Datafication’ of EU borders and ballooning private-sector spending prompted by migrant crisis
Spending by European Union agencies on border-related technology and surveillance rocketed from 2014 onwards amid the migrant crisis, reports Statewatch,…
Idemia wins Denmark border biometrics contract, launches ID document security feature
Idemia has been chosen by the Danish National Police service, known as Rigspolitiet, to supply biometric tablets, self-adjusting cameras for facial…
UK unprepared for EU biometric entry requirements, Lords committee warns Home Secretary
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has been admonished in a letter from the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs…
Frontex completes biometric Entry Exit System pilot in Spain and Bulgaria
EU border agency Frontex has completed biometrics pilot projects for the bloc’s Entry Exit System (EES) in Spain and Bulgaria….
Post-Brexit biometric border checks could bring chaos to cross-Channel travel
Transport executives who run cross-Channel transport links have warned of chaotic scenes at transport points when the EU’s Etias visa…
New EES technologies at Bulgaria’s aviation hubs
European Member States and their border control partners are adapting to new EES regulations, and countries still implementing biometrics and…
