Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Fingerprints, iris recognition and tagging 'to cut immigration' / Silicon.com, 7 Feb 2005

http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39127657,00.htm
Jo Best
"The UK is to get its own US-VISIT-style biometric system to record the fingerprints of immigrants coming into the country, the government has announced. In a move designed to raise the political stakes on the issue of immigration, Home Secretary Charles Clarke announced today that all visa applicants will be fingerprinted once they arrive at UK ports of entry. "