[3][4] One of the objectives of the Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters is to prevent so-called "asylum shopping.
However, among some asylum seekers, fingerprinting and registration is vehemently resisted in countries that are not asylum-seeker friendly.
For example, some people seek to apply for asylum in Germany and Sweden where a more serious approach to welfare and integration support is taken,[7] and fundamental rights are more likely to be met.
[9] The fingerprint record, known as the Eurodac system, is used to intercept multiple or false asylum claims.
[10] In Ireland, two-thirds of asylum seekers whose applications failed were found to be already known to the British border authorities, a third of the time under a different nationality, such as Tanzanians claiming to be fleeing persecution in Somalia.