The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination

The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination

The EURODAC Regulation establishes the database of the fingerprints of asylum seekers. In 2015, the new EURODAC Regulation came in force and some basic concepts that were not in the previous regulation have been changed. The article analyzes the responses to the new EURODAC Regulation from UNHCR and...

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Main Author: Roots Lehte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-10-01
Series:Baltic Journal of European Studies
Subjects:
asylum seekers
biometric systems
database
dublin regulation
eu regulation 604/2013
eurodac
fingerprints
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2015-0016
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spelling doaj-19b412447ae24ee1b3ea54ee7fda5c042021-09-05T20:42:29ZengSciendoBaltic Journal of European Studies2228-05962015-10-015210812910.1515/bjes-2015-0016bjes-2015-0016The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal DiscriminationRoots Lehte0Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology Akadeemia tee 3, Tallinn 12618, EstoniaThe EURODAC Regulation establishes the database of the fingerprints of asylum seekers. In 2015, the new EURODAC Regulation came in force and some basic concepts that were not in the previous regulation have been changed. The article analyzes the responses to the new EURODAC Regulation from UNHCR and the Commission and the threats that this new regulation is creating. This article aims to find out whether the changes introduced in the new EURODAC will bring potential discrimination concerns and whether asylum seekers are treated as potential criminals and therefore causing stigmatization of those groups of people in society. The article gives an overview of the EURODAC database, fingerprinting and biometric systems, and comparison of old and new EURODAC regulation. The full assessment of the application of the regulation can be done after it has been in force for some timehttps://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2015-0016asylum seekersbiometric systemsdatabasedublin regulationeu regulation 604/2013eurodacfingerprints
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The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
Baltic Journal of European Studies
asylum seekers
biometric systems
database
dublin regulation
eu regulation 604/2013
eurodac
fingerprints
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title The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
title_short The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
title_full The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
title_fullStr The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
title_full_unstemmed The New EURODAC Regulation: Fingerprints as a Source of Informal Discrimination
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publisher Sciendo
series Baltic Journal of European Studies
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publishDate 2015-10-01
description The EURODAC Regulation establishes the database of the fingerprints of asylum seekers. In 2015, the new EURODAC Regulation came in force and some basic concepts that were not in the previous regulation have been changed. The article analyzes the responses to the new EURODAC Regulation from UNHCR and the Commission and the threats that this new regulation is creating. This article aims to find out whether the changes introduced in the new EURODAC will bring potential discrimination concerns and whether asylum seekers are treated as potential criminals and therefore causing stigmatization of those groups of people in society. The article gives an overview of the EURODAC database, fingerprinting and biometric systems, and comparison of old and new EURODAC regulation. The full assessment of the application of the regulation can be done after it has been in force for some time
topic asylum seekers
biometric systems
database
dublin regulation
eu regulation 604/2013
eurodac
fingerprints
url https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2015-0016
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