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EU: Smart borders - Big brother border proposals with high costs are anything but smart

01 October 2011

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EU: Smart borders - Big brother border proposals with high costs are anything but smart (Green/EFA press release, link).

"Green migration and borders spokesperson Ska Keller said: "These proposals are anything but smart. Europe does not need a US-style big brother system of electronic border controls but the Commission is proposing wasting large sums to copy this US model. These proposals will lead to greater bureaucracy and extra, unnecessary monitoring, at an estimated cost of over €1 billion.... The proposed system would open the door to a far more extensive and excessive collection of personal data of those travelling to and from the EU. This would compromise the principles of fundamental rights and data protection rules guaranteed by the EU. Innocent travellers who fail to register under this system would be automatically viewed as a risk and that is unacceptable."

See: Communication: Smart borders - options and the way ahead (pdf)

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