12 February 2020
Frontex has been given an expanded role in the EU's security research programme, which has long-been criticised for subsidising the production of surveillance technology by arms and security companies.
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"Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, will provide its expertise in the area of border security research and innovation to assist the European Commission in supporting the development of state of the art technology for the border and coast guard community.
The collaboration between Frontex and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs will be based on Terms of Reference (ToR) that were signed yesterday by Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri and the Director General of Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs Monique Pariat.
EU-funded security research enables innovation in technologies and knowledge that is crucial for developing capabilities to address today’s security challenges and to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and opportunities."
Frontex to provide border security expertise to European Commission’s research projects (Frontex, link)
Further reading on the security research programme can be found in our Observatory on the security-industrial complex.
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