Forum Informatik für Frieden<p>Europe’s (digital) borders must fall – End the expansion of the EU’s EURODAC database. <a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/tags/stopEURODAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopEURODAC</span></a></p><p>We, 110 organisations of the civil society, call for an end to the expansion of <a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/tags/EURODAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EURODAC</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> database for the registration of asylum-seekers. EURODAC, designed to collect and store migrants’ data, is being transformed into an expansive, violent surveillance tool that will treat people seeking protection as crime suspects. This will include children as young as 6 whose fingerprints and facial images will be integrated into the database.</p><p>We and the other 109 signatories demand:</p><p>1. That the EU institutions immediately reject the expansion of EURODAC.<br>2. For legislators to prevent further violence and ensure protection at and within borders when rethinking the EURODAC system.<br>3. For legislators and EU Member States to establish safe and regular pathways for migrants and protective reception conditions.</p><p><a href="https://blog.fiff.de/eurodac-digital-borders-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.fiff.de/eurodac-digital-b</span><span class="invisible">orders-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edri@chaos.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edri@eupolicy.social</span></a></span></p>