Digital Fortress Europe #1: The ecosystem of European biometric monitoring and surveillance data

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.

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How many Ukrainian refugees are there in the European Union – and where?

Since the beginning of the war, many Ukrainians – but also Russians – have been seeking refuge in the countries of the European Union. Where are they going, and which are the countries that already hosted the largest Ukrainian communities?

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Data centres: the last great tech threat to energy sustainability

The energy needs of these physical infrastructure, where much of the world’s digital information is stored, have grown exponentially in recent years. While business has been booming, so have concerns about their sustainability and the environmental threats that data centres present.

By |2023-07-26T09:23:35+01:00April 21st, 2022|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Data centres: the last great tech threat to energy sustainability

European cloud services: Big Tech’s profits grow thanks to public sector contracts

The giants of Silicon Valley are taking in 70% of the profits generated by cloud computing in Europe. Despite the problems thrown up by GDPR, some of this money continues to flow through beefy public contracts.

By |2023-07-26T09:54:49+01:00April 14th, 2022|Tags: , , |Comments Off on European cloud services: Big Tech’s profits grow thanks to public sector contracts

How Germany manages EU funds in Africa

Germany is the biggest state donor to the European Union's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, which was established in 2015 to curb irregular migration to the EU. Where did that money go? And what comes next?

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Is the EU’s asylum system ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees?

Ukrainian refugees now enter the EU under the aegis of the ultra-fast special protection system, but regular reception centres across the Union are piling up hundreds of thousands of applications and rejecting many. EU members states' asylum systems average more than 15 months of delay. 

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