eu-Lisa positive about EES despite three countries lagging behind deployment
Eu-Lisa has laid out its plans for 2026, promising to ensure the uninterrupted availability of the EU’s biometric border scheme,…
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EU tests new biometric screening process for migrants at Lampedusa
Lampedusa, the small island between Italy and Morocco and a key entry point for irregular migration to Europe, has become…
EU launches interoperable biometric matching service for border control
The European Union has made a big step in making its biometric databases for law enforcement and border control interoperable….
eu-LISA biometrics brief explains border systems for wide audience
A European Union agency tasked with operating large-scale IT systems related to law enforcement is publishing a series of briefs…
UK Lords committee urges delay for EU’s EES and ETIAS
A government committee in the United Kingdom is calling for the rollout of the European Union’s biometric-based travel schemes to…
European Parliament votes yes on controversial Asylum and Migration Pact
Today, the European parliament voted to adopt the contentious Asylum and Migration Pact, which includes reforms to the EURODAC biometric…
Fingerprint scans for 7-year-olds? Could happen at EU borders this year
The popular image of government biometrics is video with CGI framing faces in a crowd and thumbs pressed onto scanners….
EU plan to reform asylum and migrant biometrics collection still in the works
The European Union is inching towards finalizing the European Asylum and Migration Pact, a complex package of asylum and migration…
AI Act leaves asylum seekers unprotected, the Balkans collect more migrant biometric data
European policymakers took another step towards ratifying the landmark AI Act, reaching a provisional deal after a marathon negotiation on…
EU inches closer to fingerprinting child asylum seekers, US sees its own proposals
After years of debates, the European Union may finally be ready to begin collecting the biometrics of asylum seekers as…
