Interesting for all #Frontex #BorderTech nerds:
Here are the presentations of FX's 1st "Industry Day" about using #HAPS for surveillance.
https://fragdenstaat.de/anfrage/dokumente-der-industry-days-on-haps-2025/

House GOP bill could pause state AI laws for 10 yrs, cut green tech & CFPB funds, while boosting border surveillance. A big shakeup for innovation & rights if the Senate agrees. #AIpolicy #TechRegulation #BorderTech

Als Reaktion auf die #Migration von Menschen nach #Europa und #Nordamerika wird #Grenzsicherheit zum großen Geschäft. Weltweit wird dieser Markt voraussichtl. von 377 Mrd. USD im Jahr 2023 auf 679 Mrd. USD im Jahr 2032 wachsen. Angetrieben von zunehmender Anti-Migrationspolitik boomt der Markt.

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy
@TheIndependent

3/3
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/border-channel-crossing-migrant-small-boat-b2740741.html

Konservative wie Labour-Regierungen heben immer die Gewinne hervor, die mit dem Schleusen erzielt werden. Im Rahmen der Recherchen des CCRT interessierte hingegen, wie viel Geld mit der legalen Kehrseite des Schleusergeschäfts verdient wird: dem Geschäft mit der Grenze.

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/exclusive-government-hands-private-firms-3bn-in-bid-to-stop-the-boats/

🇬🇧 Das Channel Crossings Research Team analysierte Verträge im Wert von 2 Milliarden £ im Rahmen von Grenzsicherungsverträgen im #UK.

💰💰💰 „Unsere Untersuchung enthüllt ein System, in dem Regierungen Krisen produzieren u. private Unternehmen von vermeintl. ‚Lösungen‘ profitieren.“
Dr. Arshad Isakjee

#channel #manche #Ärmelkanal
#BorderTech #Surveillance

via
@corporatewatch
@openDemocracy

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https://channelcrossings.org/2025/04/29/border-security-contracts-linked-to-small-boat-channel-crossings/

Heads up drivers: CBP is expanding facial recognition to scan everyone in vehicles leaving the US. This data could be used to track self-deportations, a new layer in border tech. #FacialRecognition #SurveillanceState #BorderTech

US Customs is calling for new facial recognition tech to capture everyone in a vehicle at borders, even backseat passengers. Current systems struggle with full vehicle coverage and accuracy. #BorderTech #FacialRecognition #Privacy

🎧 Der gewalttätige Einsatz von #KI
zur #Grenzüberwachung

📻 bei KPFA auch direkt zum reinhören oder ⏬mp3-download.

@petramolnar @MigrationTechMonitor

#BorderTech #BorderViolence #BorderSurveillance
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👇
https://kpfa.org/episode/law-disorder-december-17-2024/

🎧 Der gewalttätige Einsatz von #KI zur #Grenzüberwachung

Wie ausgrenzende & gewalttätige Grenzpolitiken durch KI forciert werden u. diese Praktiken ohne Regulierung durch die KI-Konzerne im Konzert zw. den wohlhabenderen Staaten global vorangetrieben werden.

🎤 @petramolnar, @MigrationTechMonitor

#BorderTech #BorderViolence
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fLIfjO8KYpYG2TgXmDhiw

🚨 Call for #Fellowships with the #Migration and #Technology Monitor is OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS! Are you a person-on-the-move or currently living under occupation and interested in #bordertech?

Learn more here and join our community! We look forward to hearing from you! Due by Dec 31st 2024.

https://www.migrationtechmonitor.com/aboutmtmfellowship

The topic of #migration is at the center of political controversy these days, with a focus on limiting #immigration increasing deportations, and tightening #border controls.

We spoke to WI Distinguished Fellow @petramolnar, who addresses this issue in her latest book "The Walls Have Eyes" (The New Press, 2024).

✳ Read the entire interview here:
👉 https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/ai-and-surveillance-at-the-border-the-technology-doesnt-actually-work-at-all/

#research #publication #law #refugees #ai #surveillance #bordertech

"Decisions by Canadian Border Services and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to deploy technologies like facial recognition and AI-enabled bots are made behind closed doors with no public discussion, she said."

“Canada has been at the forefront of border-tech development,” said Molnar in an interview ahead of a public talk at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo Sept. 19. “Canada is a major, major player in this space.”
#BorderTech #Refugees #CanPoli

https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/tech-sector-called-out-for-controversial-border-technology/article_bf580d17-771d-56f0-9d60-f1a01bffa55c.html

#AIAct #ProtectNotSurveil #PredictNotSurveil #BanBorderTech #BorderTech #AI #RBI #ArtificialIntelligence #migration

This looks unmissable
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RT @AlexKaraiskou
Interested in contemporary AI-powered migration management? Check out this amazing workshop with leading scholars: @_PMolnar, @AmandaMusco, @Dimitri_VdM, @StewartLudivine, @FPalmiotto and many more! #ArtificialIntelligence #Migration #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #bordertech https://twitter.com/QMSchoolofLaw/status/1626632531779911682
https://twitter.com/AlexKaraiskou/status/1638597500088057859

RT @_PMolnar
🚨 @Europarl_EN has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to regulate harmful #BorderTech. To learn more, read our @euobs op-ed with @CaterinaRodelli @accessnow, @sarahchander @edri + Alyna Smith
@PICUM_post. https://euobserver.com/opinion/156685

Today we also launch #ProtectNotSurveil🧵 1/3

#OSINT people! Lighthouse Reports are looking for a full time Open Source Investigator who is passionate about collaborative journalism to join their team.

More information
👇
https://apply.workable.com/lighthouse-reports-2/j/2ECFF3E774/

#EUarms #Migration #BorderTech #Climate #Corruption

@Border_Violence presented the Black Book today with @ErnstCornelia at @Europarl_EN. It's a damning indictment of the EU's violent border policies foregrounding the real impacts on people. Thank you for including our @RefugeeLawLab work and 📸on #BorderTech and pushbacks! 2/3

Hello everyone 👋 #NewHere. I am a lawyer and anthropologist specializing in #migration, especially #bordertech. I am working on a book called #ArtificialBorders where I unravel global threads connecting violent border regimes, #BigTech, and harms experienced by people-on-the-move at the sharpest edges. I split my time between Athens, Toronto, and now Boston while at Harvard's Berkman Klein Centre.

Learn more here:
➡️ https://twitter.com/_PMolnar ➡️ https://www.migrationtechmonitor.com/
➡️ https://refugeelab.ca/

Jetzt auch #neuhier im Fediverse:

@BegumBasdas
@f_grillmeier
@petramolnar

Welcome!🖤

#RefugeesGR #BorderTech #Aegean #FortressEurope

👋 The Migration and Technology Monitor is excited to announce our new platform: a living and growing archive of work at the intersection of migration and #BorderTech!

👉migrationtechmonitor.com
📸 @kenyajade and @_PMolnar

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