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Automated language recognition in asylum procedures

At European Level, The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden

Assistance in decision-making

Language analysis for asylum procedures (CELIA Project)

At European Level

Assistance in decision-making
Identification and registration

Automated dialect recognition in the asylum procedure in Germany

Germany

Identification and registration

Test

Algorithmic profiling in the ETIAS travel authorisation

At European Level

Assistance in decision-making
Prediction

Algorithmic profiling of short-term visa applicants in the Netherlands

The Netherlands

Assistance in decision-making

BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction
More examples here →

Data exchange in the context of asylum and deportation procedures

At European Level

Tracking, monitoring and control

REACTION project: AI-based detection, recognition and classification of movements in Greece and Cyprus

Greece, Cyprus

Prediction
Tracking, monitoring and control
Assistance in decision-making

SMARTDEC in Albania

Albania

Tracking, monitoring and control
Assistance in decision-making

Test test

ANPR in Malta

Malta

Tracking, monitoring and control

(automated) recognition of individuals by means of unique physical characteristics

Automated video analytics to analyse movements in Samos detention centre

Greece

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

IBorderCtrl project for biometric lie detection

Hungary, Greece, Latvia

Assistance in decision-making
Identification and registration

Biometric databases for migration in Western Balkan states modeled after Eurodac

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control
More examples here →

Biometric Entry and Exit Gates at the Samos CCAC in Greece

Greece

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

Italian 'Return Hubs' in Albania extract biometric data

Albania

Identification and registration

Biometric databases for migration in Western Balkan states modeled after Eurodac

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control
More examples here →

Biometric scanners (palm, iris, and face scanners) used at EU external borders

At European Level

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

Biometric scanners (palm, iris, and face scanners) used at EU external borders

At European Level

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

EU-funded drones used for movement detection in Serbia

Serbia

Tracking, monitoring and control

National biometric registry in Senegal

Senegal

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

Algorithmic profiling in the ETIAS travel authorisation

At European Level

Assistance in decision-making
Prediction

Algorithmic profiling of short-term visa applicants in the Netherlands

The Netherlands

Assistance in decision-making

Italian 'Return Hubs' in Albania extract biometric data

Albania

Identification and registration
More examples here →

EU-funded IMSI catchers in Niger

Niger

Tracking, monitoring and control

Operational Action Plan against 'migrant smuggling' networks

At European Level

Tracking, monitoring and control

IMSI catchers in Croatia

At European Level, Croatia

Tracking, monitoring and control

Europol Social Media Monitoring in the context of "counter-smuggling"

At European Level, Belgium, Belarus, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland, Italy, romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Ireland, Croatia

Tracking, monitoring and control

Social media monitoring by Frontex

At European Level

Prediction
Tracking, monitoring and control

Italian government's use of spyware against members of a humanitarian NGO and refugees

Italy

Tracking, monitoring and control

EU Justice and Home Affairs databases and information systems interoperability


Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction
Identification and registration
Assistance in decision-making

Europol-Egypt cooperation agreement

At European Level, Egypt

Identification and registration

Schengen Information System Alerts and denial of Visa's

Italy

Identification and registration
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BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction

Europol Social Media Monitoring in the context of "counter-smuggling"

At European Level, Belgium, Belarus, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland, Italy, romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Ireland, Croatia

Tracking, monitoring and control

Germany Federal Police's handbook on visa fraud

Germany

Assistance in decision-making
Identification and registration

BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction

Drones deployed for movement monitoring in Samos

Greece

Tracking, monitoring and control

"Tactical drones" deployed for movement monitoring at the borders of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Tracking, monitoring and control
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Electronic monitoring as "alternative to detention" in Lithuania and the UK

At European Level, Lithuania, United Kingdom

Tracking, monitoring and control

Electronic monitoring as "alternative to detention" in Lithuania and the UK

At European Level, Lithuania, United Kingdom

Tracking, monitoring and control

BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction

Frontex's aerial surveillance cooperation with Libya and Bosnia and Herzegovina

At European Level, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Libya

Tracking, monitoring and control

REACTION project: AI-based detection, recognition and classification of movements in Greece and Cyprus

Greece, Cyprus

Prediction
Tracking, monitoring and control
Assistance in decision-making
More examples here →

Automated video analytics to analyse movements in Samos detention centre

Greece

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control

SMARTDEC in Albania

Albania

Tracking, monitoring and control
Assistance in decision-making

BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction

EUROSUR's use of radar detection of maritime vessels

At European Level

Tracking, monitoring and control

Frontex's aerial surveillance cooperation with Libya and Bosnia and Herzegovina

At European Level, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Libya

Tracking, monitoring and control
More examples here →

BorderForce (EU Horizon Research Project) developing AI-assisted land border surveillance

Bulgaria

Assistance in decision-making
Tracking, monitoring and control
Prediction

EUROSUR's use of radar detection of maritime vessels

At European Level

Tracking, monitoring and control

ICMPD programme in Tunisia and Morocco

Morocco, Tunisia

Identification and registration
Tracking, monitoring and control
More examples here →