Amnesty report highlights dangers of biometrics use in border control
Asylum and migration management systems across the world are seeing rapid adoption of digital technologies, including the collection of biometrics…
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UK legal charity decries use of biometric immigrant monitoring devices
The UK has been expanding the use of biometric electronic monitoring devices for immigration bail cases, a practice that has…
Amentum wins $282M contract for US biometric immigration systems
A sprawling engineering and integration firm has been awarded its second big U.S. immigration biometrics contract in three months. Both…
US preparing privacy technologies to secure new digital ID for immigrants
The Homeland Security Department is working on a digital ID for refugees and asylum seekers that is based on privacy-enhancing…
Biometric immigrant tracking proposals could boost GEO, CoreCivic, or evaporate
A request for information published by the U.S. federal government has raised the profile of biometric surveillance of undocumented immigrants,…
GEO Group
The GEO Group (stock info) is a diversified government service provider specializing in the design, financing, development, and delivery of…
Nepal’s takeover of Migrant Resource Centres highlights digital transformation challenge
In Nepal, Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) are located outside of passport offices to serve applicants before they move on to…
Liberia unveils plan for biometric residence permits, choice of contractor questioned
The Liberian Immigration Service (LIS) has announced that it will begin issuing biometric residence permits to aliens living in the…
IOM suggests stronger cooperation, identity proofing to address migration in Europe
With the rise of digital public infrastructure (DPI) and digital ID infrastructure, the European Union sees an opportunity for a…
US DHS awards $407M immigration biometrics contract to Amentum
A $407 million, five-year U.S. government contract has been awarded to Amentum. Part of the contract, from the Citizenship and…
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