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Date: 2001-12-17

AU: Fingerprints weltweit


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In dieser Zeit des Jahres kann schon mal der eine oder andere
Wunsch geäußert werden. So getan beim belgischen Leiter des
"Asylum Review Board" mit dem frommen Anliegen global
Fingerprints einzuführen. Zumindest die Biometrie-Industrie hätte
ihre helle Freude daran.

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Refugees meeting hears proposal to register every human

Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered
under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal immigration
and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations meeting today.

The plan was put forward by Pascal Smet, the head of Belgium's
independent asylum review board, at a roundtable meeting with
ministers including Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock
this afternoon.

Mr Smet said the European Union was already considering a
Europe-wide system, using either fingerprints or eye scanning
technology, to identify citizens.

But he said the plan could be extended worldwide.

"There are no technical problems. It is only a question of will and
investment," he said.

"If you look to our societies, we are already registered from
birthuntil death. Our governments know who we are and what we
are. But one of the basic problems is the numbers of people in the
world who are not registered, who do not have a set identity, and
when these people move with real or fake passports, you cannot
identify them.

"It's a basic rule of management that if you want to manage
something, you measure it. It's the same with human beings and
migration.

"But instead of measuring it, you have to register them."

[...]

And he said it would allow countries to open their borders to
genuine travellers or asylum seekers, because they would be able
to prove the identity of any over-stayers and deport them without
argument from their home country.

Mr Ruddock appeared unconvinced by the merits of the plan.

"In principle we would be supportive of a system which would crack
down on multiple asylum claims, but a universal identification
system would be taking it too far," he said through a spokeswoman.

Volltext:
http://www.smh.com.au/breaking/2001/12/14/FFX058CU6VC.html
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