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In the wake of the refugee crisis of 2015, EU agencies, tech companies and research consortiums started exploring the use of these new data sources to predict movements of migrants into Europe (Photo: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

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EU agencies tested monitoring data on refugees

Governments across the EU are pushing for high-tech solutions to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Contact tracing and tracking the movements of infected people is just one example.

As debate around this issue grows, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals that the new science of predicting and monitoring population movements is alre...

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In the wake of the refugee crisis of 2015, EU agencies, tech companies and research consortiums started exploring the use of these new data sources to predict movements of migrants into Europe (Photo: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

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Crofton Black is a researcher with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. This story is based on a longer version first published by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. It is reproduced here under a Creative Commons licence.

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