22/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - the regulation on the creation of Eurodac was published in the Official Journal n.L/316. The Eurodac system has been created to allow for the comparison of fingerprints of asylum-seekers, so that the Dublin Convention (relating to determining which State is responsible for examining a request for asylum) can be implemented effectively. It is indeed essential to be able to identify asylum-seekers with certainty, so as to avoid their submitting requests in several...