Fingerprinting migrants: Eurodac Regulation
At a Glance
19-11-2015
Eurodac is a biometric database in which Member States are required to enter the fingerprint data of irregular migrants or asylum-seekers in order to identify where they entered the EU, and whether they have previously made asylum applications. Its main purpose is to facilitate the application of the Dublin Regulation, which determines the Member State responsible for processing an asylum claim. The recast Eurodac Regulation has been applicable since 20 July 2015.
At a Glance
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- biometrics
- data protection
- database
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union Agency for Asylum
- European Union law
- Europol
- external border of the EU
- Frontex
- human rights
- information and information processing
- information technology and data processing
- international law
- LAW
- migrant
- migration
- natural and applied sciences
- political refugee
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- regulation (EU)
- rights and freedoms
- SCIENCE
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- stateless person