Border security with drones and databases
Europe is ringed by steel fences topped by barbed wire; patrolled by border agents equipped with thermal vision systems, heartbeat detectors, guns and batons; and watched from the skies by drones, helicopters and planes. Anyone who enters is supposed to have their fingerprints and photograph taken for inclusion in an enormous biometric database. Constant additions to this technological arsenal are under development, backed by generous amounts of public funding. Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there are more walls than ever at Europe’s borders, and those borders stretch ever further in and out of its territory. This situation is the result of long-term political and corporate efforts to toughen up border surveillance and controls.
| Full title | Border security with drones and databases |
|---|---|
| Author | Statewatch |
| Publisher | Statewatch |
| Year | 2024 |
| Media type | Article |
| Link | https://www.statewatch.org/analyses/2024/border-security-with-drones-and-databases/ |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry, Criminalization of Borderwork - Trafficking |
| Regions | Europe |