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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11271

11 March 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Statewatch says Commission encourages forced migrant fingerprinting

Brussels, 10/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 March, Statewatch, the NGO that defends individual freedoms, criticised secret European Commission projects to allow member states to take the digital fingerprints of migrants and asylum seekers by force, especially when the latter are in retention.

Fingerprinting asylum seekers is a compulsory Eurodac database requirement that helps retrace the movements of the asylum candidate and the country responsible for their request for...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
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