Democracy
How was EUTF money used?
Wednesday 04 May 2022 |
Openpolis As 2021 drew to a close, so too did the EUTF project, a “trust fund for Africa” created by the EU in order to address the causes of illegal immigration. Analysis shows that a large proportion of this funding was dedicated to border externalisation.
Europe fights the monkeypox outbreak with unequal defences
Tuesday 19 July 2022 |
Ángela Bernardo | Civio
Only two European Union member states confirm that they had strategic reserves of the most effective and safe vaccine against monkeypox, a smallpox-like virus.
Digital Fortress Europe #3: Automation and surveillance in Fortress Europe
Monday 02 May 2022 |
Kostas Zafeiropoulos Janine Louloudi
Nikos Morfonios
| MIIR
Artificial intelligence and algorithms are at the heart of the EU’s new mobility-control system. High-risk automated decisions are being taken on human lives. It is an emerging multi-billion-euro unregulated market with dystopian 'smart' applications.
Europe is spending billions to fight immigration: to what end?
Wednesday 11 May 2022 |
Francesca Spinelli | Voxeurop
Launched in November 2015, the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) was intended to promote stability and fight against “the root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons”. Five billion euros have been approved for 250 projects in 26 African countries. But what results has the fund produced?
Digital Fortress Europe #2: Trapped in a digital surveillance system
Saturday 30 April 2022 |
Kostas Zafeiropoulos Janine Louloudi
Nikos Morfonios
| MIIR
The impact of surveillance systems on vulnerable populations, money for Frontex drones, and monitoring the movement of citizens within the European area.
Digital Fortress Europe #1: The ecosystem of European biometric monitoring and surveillance data
Thursday 28 April 2022 |
Kostas Zafeiropoulos Janine Louloudi
Nikos Morfonios
| MIIR
A description of the main systems in use in Europe to manage the mobility of people across Europe's borders and across its countries, with a focus on current mechanisms that can be improved.
The suicide rate among people in pretrial custody is double that of convicted prisoners
Tuesday 17 May 2022 |
Ángela Bernardo Eva Belmonte
Carmen Torrecillas
David Cabo
María Álvarez Del Vayo
Miguel Ángel Gavilanes
| Civio
In Europe there were 17.5 suicides per 10,000 people in pretrial detention in 2021, while the proportion was 8.54 deaths in the rest of the prison population.
One in five people in EU prisons are in pretrial detention
Tuesday 10 May 2022 |
Carmen Torrecillas Eva Belmonte
David Cabo
María Álvarez Del Vayo
Miguel Ángel Gavilanes
Adrian Burtin
Kira Schacht
Laszlo Arato
María Zuil
Beatriz Walviesse
| Civio
People waiting for a final sentence often suffer worse conditions than convicted prisoners, even if they're innocent.
Hungarian prisons still take an austere approach
Thursday 31 March 2022 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The Hungarian prison system has undergone a significant transformation in recent years: prison capacity has been expanded and institutions have been modernised. But imprisonment is only one form of punishment.
A conversation on surveillance in journalism
Tuesday 22 March 2022 |
Dimitri Bettoni Federico Caruso
| OBC Transeuropa
From the Pegasus spyware investigation to mass surveillance: a dialogue with researcher Philip Di Salvo to understand the impact of new technologies for all those involved in journalism and beyond.
