Croatia, which last year struggled with soaring levels of migrants and refugees as people movement swelled across Europe, has been handed new border equipment including biometric scanners.The EU's newest member has been handed 23-multipurpose vehicles under framework of the Schengen Facility Fund, although it is not a part of the Schengen visa system.The vehicles come with mobile fingerprint readers for processing migrants, for example at mobile border crossings.Earlier this year, the EU said the country will be gradually integrated into the Schengen Information System (SIS), a new computer intelligence network designed to crack down on illegal immigration and cross-border crime.The European Commission said the move would help "increase the security of European citizens" and shows Brussels is still backing Schengen despite a series of political setbacks.Last year, the number of migrants seeking asylum in Croatia rose 959% to 2,400.
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