This Wednesday, after three years of negotiations and with the European elections just around the corner, the European Parliament has passed ten legal texts to reform European politics Migration and asylum.
This reform was approved with 404 votes in favour, 202 against and 16 abstentions. One of the most controversial measures approved was the Review of the Eurodac Regulationwhich was coordinated by the speaker Jorge Buxadeone of Vox’s most controversial members.
Buxadé stated during the vote that “with the new Eurodac We will protect our neighborhoods and our social security systems“In addition, it should be ensured that the new database avoids “secondary movements” and “relieves the workload of the authorities.” Return of those who have no right to stay“.
What is Eurodac?
Eurodac is a European fund created in 2000 and reformed in 2013, managed by eu-LISA, the EU agency responsible for managing large IT systems supporting the implementation of asylum, management and border or Migration policy is responsible.
This data fund supports the Managing European asylum applications Storage and processing of digitized fingerprints Asylum seekers and that irregular migrants in the territory of the European Union. Beyond that is your access available to national law enforcement authorities and Europolto make it easier to get started with the system for examination Terror crimes and other crimes serious.
Currently it is Eurodac is used in 31 countriesThese are the 27 EU member states and four associated countries: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
The reforms introduced
As reported on the European Parliament’s own website, this revision of the Eurodac Regulation means a improved data collection on asylum seekers and detained irregular migrants on the territory of the EU member states biometric dataas they are added Face images to the databases of fingerprints existing.
In addition, further additional information will be included, such as: Surname, Family name, last name, nationalityDate and location of birthas well as data related to decisions made by Expulsion, return or resettlement from the person.
Identification age
However, until now a minor had to be at least 14 years old for their data to be recorded the minimum age is reduced to 6 yearsfor trained staff I’ll adjust the registry of data to children.
is being pursued facilitate the identification of unaccompanied minors so that they succeed harder to escape from animal shelters or children’s social services, in addition to help with follow-up of children separated from their families who could later be found in another Member State.
Security warnings
One of the most important innovations brought about by the reform of the Eurodac Regulation is that it is permitted recorded in the common database system if a person poses a threat to internal securitywhich can significantly accelerate joint security measures.
A person only can be registered as a threat if it is violentThe illegally armedif you have links with that terrorism or a terrorist group and if it is linked crime As part of the European arrest warrant.
Protection, rescue and migration flows
The fact that a person has landed in an EU member state after a search and rescue operationand c are usedfor statistical purposes to give a more detailed overview of the Migration flows to Europe.
In addition, people who take part in it national and EU resettlement plansand benefits from it temporary protection.
By reforming the legal text and with the aim of proportionality other useful information Political leaders are also asked Improving anonymized and cross-referenced statistics by means of the Interoperability between Eurodac and other justice and home affairs systemsB. the Visa Information System, ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System) or the Entry/Exit System.
The reform measures now need to be officially approved by the European Parliament. However, the regulation will enter into force twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU Application can only begin two years later.
