Brussels, 24/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission will publish the 2008 annual report on the activities of Eurodac, the EU-wide fingerprint database for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. The report reveals among other things that there is a sharp rise in the number of people apprehended in connection with irregular crossing of the EU external border. In 2008, Eurodac successfully processed 219,557 sets of fingerprints of asylum seekers, 61,945 sets of...