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EU: Statewatch Analysis: Smart borders: fait accompli?

22 August 2014

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"Critique of the smart borders proposals has been – and still is – extensive, but none of the arguments raised have so far been dealt with seriously by those in favour of the systems. It seems that the ‘freedom’ in the EU’s ‘area of freedom, security and justice’ is little more than a buzzword when it comes to border control and policing. When it comes to dealing with increasing levels of human migration, the only proposals on the table involve increasing monitoring and control."

See the full text: Statewatch Analysis: Smart borders: fait accompli? (pdf) by Chris Jones

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