The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?

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Autor(a) principal: Queiroz, Benedita Menezes
Data de Publicação: 2019
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/28507
Resumo: Counter-terrorism and public security measures have significantly altered EU immigration law. Under the premise that EU instruments which regulate EU immigration databases influence the legal regime of irregularity of migrants’ statuses, the present article argues that the latest developments in the area of data technology contribute to the phenomenon of “crimmigration”. This is so not only because they may generate a sort of “digital illegality” due to their impact on the categorisation of migrants, but also because they enable a conflation of treatment of irregularity, asylum seeking and criminality. This article focuses on the recent amendments and proposals for amendments to the EURODAC Regulation, a database that regulates the asylum fingerprint system in the EU. This is revealing of the ongoing broadening of the purpose of that data and law enforcement access to the collected information. The argument finds its basis in three main trends common to these databases: the erosion of the principle of purpose limitation, the widening of access to data by law enforcement authorities, and the digitalisation of borders through biometrics. Ultimately, this article claims that the level of surveillance of certain categories of migrants that may cross the borders of the EU puts at risk the distinction between illegally staying irregular migrants and criminals, given that the treatment of their personal data is insufficiently clear in practice.
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spelling The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?EURODACAsylum seekersIllegally staying third-country nationalsImmigration databasesCrimmigrationSurveillanceDigital bordersCounter-terrorism and public security measures have significantly altered EU immigration law. Under the premise that EU instruments which regulate EU immigration databases influence the legal regime of irregularity of migrants’ statuses, the present article argues that the latest developments in the area of data technology contribute to the phenomenon of “crimmigration”. This is so not only because they may generate a sort of “digital illegality” due to their impact on the categorisation of migrants, but also because they enable a conflation of treatment of irregularity, asylum seeking and criminality. This article focuses on the recent amendments and proposals for amendments to the EURODAC Regulation, a database that regulates the asylum fingerprint system in the EU. This is revealing of the ongoing broadening of the purpose of that data and law enforcement access to the collected information. The argument finds its basis in three main trends common to these databases: the erosion of the principle of purpose limitation, the widening of access to data by law enforcement authorities, and the digitalisation of borders through biometrics. Ultimately, this article claims that the level of surveillance of certain categories of migrants that may cross the borders of the EU puts at risk the distinction between illegally staying irregular migrants and criminals, given that the treatment of their personal data is insufficiently clear in practice.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaQueiroz, Benedita Menezes2020-04-01T00:30:42Z2019-04-012019-04-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/28507engQueiroz, B. M. (2019). The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration? Market and Competition Law Review, 3(1), 157–183. https://doi.org/10.7559/mclawreview.2019.3182184-000810.7559/mclawreview.2019.31885119196700info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-12T01:38:49Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/28507Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:22:52.979224Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
spellingShingle The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
Queiroz, Benedita Menezes
EURODAC
Asylum seekers
Illegally staying third-country nationals
Immigration databases
Crimmigration
Surveillance
Digital borders
title_short The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
title_full The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
title_fullStr The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
title_full_unstemmed The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
title_sort The impact of EURODAC in EU migration law: the era of crimmigration?
author Queiroz, Benedita Menezes
author_facet Queiroz, Benedita Menezes
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Queiroz, Benedita Menezes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv EURODAC
Asylum seekers
Illegally staying third-country nationals
Immigration databases
Crimmigration
Surveillance
Digital borders
topic EURODAC
Asylum seekers
Illegally staying third-country nationals
Immigration databases
Crimmigration
Surveillance
Digital borders
description Counter-terrorism and public security measures have significantly altered EU immigration law. Under the premise that EU instruments which regulate EU immigration databases influence the legal regime of irregularity of migrants’ statuses, the present article argues that the latest developments in the area of data technology contribute to the phenomenon of “crimmigration”. This is so not only because they may generate a sort of “digital illegality” due to their impact on the categorisation of migrants, but also because they enable a conflation of treatment of irregularity, asylum seeking and criminality. This article focuses on the recent amendments and proposals for amendments to the EURODAC Regulation, a database that regulates the asylum fingerprint system in the EU. This is revealing of the ongoing broadening of the purpose of that data and law enforcement access to the collected information. The argument finds its basis in three main trends common to these databases: the erosion of the principle of purpose limitation, the widening of access to data by law enforcement authorities, and the digitalisation of borders through biometrics. Ultimately, this article claims that the level of surveillance of certain categories of migrants that may cross the borders of the EU puts at risk the distinction between illegally staying irregular migrants and criminals, given that the treatment of their personal data is insufficiently clear in practice.
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