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Rights under threat at borders
- On average >6 migrants died every day in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe in 2018
- There were allegations of unlawful push-backs at the EU’s border in at least 7 Member States
- There were allegations of mistreatment by the police and border guards in at least 5 Member States
- Those helping migrants are intimidated, risk fines and sometimes detention
- 5 EU Member States continue to have temporary border controls at the EU's internal borders
Greater use of IT systems
- 5 new regulations on EU IT border management systems
- 3 of them extending the scope of the Schengen Information System - SIS II
- creating a European Travel Information and Authorisation System – ETIAS
- creating an Entry-Exit System
- 3 legislative proposals on interoperability and on amending the Visa Information System
- Biometric data processing increases
- Plans to store data of every foreigner coming to or living in the EU in an EU-wide system
Responses lacking
- 7/10 Europeans recognise long-term need for migrant integration
- Refugees face difficulties in bringing their family members - this negatively affects their integration
- Once granted asylum, migrants are given as little as 3 months in some countries to find suitable new housing