{"id":3925,"date":"2021-12-06T06:36:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/fortress-europe-the-millions-spent-on-military-grade-tech-to-deter-refugees\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T05:36:22","slug":"fortress-europe-the-millions-spent-on-military-grade-tech-to-deter-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/fortress-europe-the-millions-spent-on-military-grade-tech-to-deter-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We map out the rising number of high-tech surveillance and deterrent systems facing asylum seekers along EU borders<\/p>\n<p>From military-grade drones to sensor systems and experimental technology, the EU and its members have spent hundreds of millions of euros over the past decade on technologies to track down and keep at bay the refugees on its borders.<\/p>\n<p>Poland\u2019s border with Belarus is becoming the latest frontline for this technology, with the country approving last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/10\/29\/poland-s-senate-to-vote-on-350-million-wall-along-belarus-border\">a \u20ac350m (\u00a3300m) wall<\/a> with advanced cameras and motion sensors.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/dec\/06\/fortress-europe-the-millions-spent-on-military-grade-tech-to-deter-refugees\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b3479f1dce979af52ee91ff8e3ed3b9b1abb03f9\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=562462c4edbb6aad330229d13ace9701\" title=\"Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees\" \/>We map out the rising number of high-tech surveillance and deterrent systems facing asylum seekers along EU borders<br \/>\nFrom military-grade drones to sensor systems and experimental technology, the EU and its members have spent hundreds of millions of euros over the past decade on technologies to track down and keep at bay the refugees on its borders.<br \/>\nPoland\u2019s border with Belarus is becoming the latest frontline for this technology, with the country approving last month a \u20ac350m (\u00a3300m) wall with advanced cameras and motion sensors. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We map out the rising number of high-tech surveillance and deterrent systems facing asylum seekers along EU borders From military-grade drones to sensor systems and experimental technology, the EU and its members have spent hundreds of millions of euros over the past decade on technologies to track down and keep at bay the refugees on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/06\/fortress-europe-the-millions-spent-on-military-grade-tech-to-deter-refugees\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}