People want to enter the EU for a variety of reasons and through different channels: reuniting with family, work, business or education but also to escape from political oppression or war. EU State authorities need to cooperate on border management to keep our borders secure. They also have a shared responsibility for treating asylum seekers equally throughout the EU. A number of information sharing mechanisms - which include the collection and the exchange of information on non EU citizens - are central to their cooperation on migration and asylum.
EDPS Opinion on the First reform package on the Common European Asylum System (Eurodac, EASO and Dublin regulations)
The July 2016 edition of the EDPS Newsletter covers the EDPS Opinion on Privacy Shield, the 2015 Annual Report, the EDPS Accountability Initiative and many other EDPS activities.
EDPS' recommendations on the proposed European Border and Coast Guard Regulation
A Data Protection perspective on the Smart Borders Package - focusing on the possibility of law enforcement authorities’ access to border data, speech given by Giovanni Buttarelli at European Council, the Working Party on FRONTIERS, Brussels, Belgium
EDPS formal comments on the European Commission Public Consultation on smart borders