Publications

Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application. This factsheet is a summary of the full report also published on this website.

The SIS 2025 Annual Statistics factsheet highlights the main results of the data found in the full statistical report for 2025.

Data centres are becoming an increasingly important part of the EU’s energy system, already accounting for around 3% of electricity demand, with further growth expected as cloud computing and artificial intelligence continue to expand. Against this backdrop, this report provides a concise overview of the current state of energy efficiency in data centres. It brings together insights from EU policy

Independent evaluation is one of the most effective means to ensure that biometric systems deployed in the EU meet the necessary requirements for accuracy, robustness and transparency, according to standard performance metrics. However, today, the evaluation of biometric technology in the EU is fragmented and inconsistent. This Policy Brief argues that establishing an independent capability for the evaluation of biometric

The year ahead is set to be just as significant as 2025, with the rollout of the new Eurodac, alongside ETIAS and ECRIS-TCN, marking the next key milestones in building a modern interoperability architecture for the EU’s domain of justice and home affairs. As always, we will continue to ensure a high level of responsiveness and availability across all existing

This factsheet highlights the key data of the full annual report, as referenced in Article 40(1) of the Eurodac Regulation covers the operational management activities as well as developments in the areas of security and data protection during 2024. Furthermore, as per Article 8(2) of the Eurodac Regulation, eu-LISA also publishes the annual statistics report, and the annual update of

This annual report, pursuant to Article 40(1) of the Eurodac Regulation, covers the operational management activities as well as developments in the areas of security and data protection during 2024. In addition, as per Article 8(2) of the Eurodac Regulation, eu-LISA also publishes the annual statistics report, and the annual update of the list of designated authorities which have access

On 1 October 2025, eu-LISA held in Tallinn, Estonia, and online, its annual High-Level Conference on “ Strategic Autonomy in Action: Keeping Europe and its Borders Secure with Trusted Technology” attended by approximately 300 senior stakeholders from the national authorities, EU institutions, industry and academia. Key topics relating to technological sovereignty of critical systems, rule of law and digital skills

Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 requires eu-LISA to publish a consolidated list of those authorities in the Official Journal of the European Union. Member States shall notify eu-LISA of any changes made to this list without delay. In the event of such changes, eu-LISA shall publish once