Visitors to Europe face fingerprinting

The European Commission adopt 13 February 2008 a 'border management package' aiming at improving external border control standards while strengthening the protection of the victims of the traffic of human beings.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/215: A comprehensive vision for an integrated European border management system for the 21st Century http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/215&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/08/86: Examining the creation of a European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/86&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/08/85: New tools for an integrated European Border Management Strategy http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/85&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: MEMO/08/84: The FRONTEX Agency: evaluation and future development http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/84&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 13.2.08: EU plans biometric border checks http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7242386.stm

Deutsche Welle, 13.2.08: EU Security Measure to Collect Foreigners' Fingerprints http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3123966,00.html

Website: Statewatch http://www.statewatch.org/

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