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Frontex Unlawfully Shared Thousands of People's Personal Data with European Police

Summary by Le Monde
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to Europol, the EU police cooperation agency.

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Especially data of migrants and activists, in a systematic way and often without precise reasons: a large survey has told it

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A search shows how migrants and activists are criminalized under the pretext of combating "human trafficking". Frontex provided information to Europol without legal basis of more than 13,000 people.

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Under the banner of the fight against the smuggling of persons, the European border surveillance agency Frontex collected for years personal data through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe who lacked basic legal guarantees. Between 2016 and 2023, this agency illegally transferred the data of more than 13,000 people to Europol, the EU police agency. There they were stored in criminal intelligence files for use in poli…

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The foreigners were traveling in two boats and were spotted by the Frontex force ship that was patrolling the area - They are being transported to the port of Paleochora, Chania.

In Europe of the Frontiers and Coast Guard, more than 13,000 people have received data from Europol, according to one study.

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Protothema broke the news in on Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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