The European Union has rejected British appeals for access to critical crime and illegal migration databases as part of a Brexit reset with the bloc.
In a blow to Downing Street’s attempts to improve security ties with Europe, Brussels has told UK negotiators the EU cannot share information, including the fingerprints of illegal migrants, with British police and immigration officials.
Sir Keir Starmer had made improved access to data one of his central requests to the EU, saying: “[The] more we can share, the better.”
The EU’s fingerprinting system Eurodac has a record of all illegal migrants caught trying to enter the EU without permission
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However, Whitehall sources told The Times that in negotiations last week EU negotiators had made clear there could be no access to the Schengen Information System (SIS), which gives member states real-time alerts on criminal suspects.
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