Webinar - Deportation Union: databases for expulsions @TransnationalInst

Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

This webinar by Statewatch and TNI on Monday 26 October explored the role of databases used for migration and border control in ongoing efforts to step up deportations. The speakers included Chris Jones (Statewatch), Niovi Vavoula (Lecturer in Migration and Security, Queen Mary University of London), and Petra Molnar (Lawyer, European Digital Rights).

The EU is expanding a host of databases used for migration and border control. New systems are being developed to ensure the biometric registration of almost all non-EU nationals in the Schengen area. Under the moniker of “interoperability”, the data held in these systems is being interconnected and used in new and controversial ways. Frontex has been given an increasing role in the design and operation of databases used to facilitate expulsions.

This was the second webinar of a three-part series accompanying the publication of the report 'Deportation Union: Rights, accountability and the EU's push to increased forced removals'. Watch the first one here: youtube.com/watch?v=1xo0aXcpd0Q

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