Press Release: EU’s biometric database continues to ensure effective management of the Common European Asylum System

The annual report on the activities of EURODAC (the EU wide biometric tool which helps determine which Member State is responsible for examining an asylum claim) in 2006, was published on 18 September 2007 by the Commission. The report gives essential information on patterns of asylum seeking and illegal entry in the EU and shows a starting 'deterrent effect' for 'multiple applications' – asylum claims where the same person has already made an application in the same country or in another Member State.