Data protection in immigration and asylum: Rights and opportunities for redress
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27 February 2025
Do you work with people in immigration or asylum proceedings? Do they face problems of secrecy and lack of access to information about their case? Would you like to know more about how data protection law can be used in migration and asylum cases? Join us for an online workshop on 27 February.
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Practical information
Date: Thursday 27 February
Time: 15:00-17:00 GMT / 16:00-18:00 CET
Location: Online, register through zoom. If you can't attend this edition, you can register your interest in future workshops.
Language: Unfortunately, we can currently only offer the workshop in English.
About the workshop
People seeking access to EU territory can be denied entry, or have an immigration or asylum application refused, on the basis of what amounts to secret evidence: information of which they have no knowledge and thus are unable to challenge.
In the context of plans to increase information exchange between EU and non-EU states and to increase access by law enforcement authorities to EU information systems, the problem is likely to grow in years to come.
There is a need to ensure that individuals have access to an effective remedy when faced with such a situation, and the rights afforded by EU data protection legislation offer a way to support that.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have:
- An overview of the EU legal framework and technological infrastructure for migration and asylum
- How EU privacy and data protection law applies in immigration and asylum proceedings, and relevant jurisprudence
- How to prepare and file data subject access requests (DSARs) in relation to immigration and asylum proceedings, and how to challenge refusals and restrictions
About the project
This workshop is part of the project ‘Data exchange, exclusion and denial at the borders: Upholding the right to an effective remedy’. Find out more about the project.
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