EU states to get major cash boost for border security and migration systems

With international politics at maximum intensity, the European Commission has made more than €250 million (roughly US$272 million) available to beneficiaries of funds related to border security and migration management. A news release from the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs says the funds will subsidize digital surveillance systems at external land borders, which include biometrics, and the installation of optical fiber and software for better data exchange and identity processing among control centers, and otherwise reinforce reception and …

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