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Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News The system will cover 133 countries, three-quarters of the world's population, and has already uncovered 10,000 visa applicants connected to earlier immigration cases and asylum requests and detected 500 cases of identity swapping. [14 Jan 2008]
Named: ID cards scheme supplier hopefuls
News Suppliers will be required to design, build, deploy and service various projects - including an overhaul of the Immigration and Asylum Fingerprint System - as well as offer business process and IT outsourcing. [22 Oct 2007]
Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings
News While some of the £13.3bn efficiency gains are robust - such as the Home Office reducing the cost of asylum accommodation - the PAC report raises question marks over almost £10bn due to an inability by government departments to demonstrate their... [11 Oct 2007]
ID cards: The bidding war begins
News Suppliers will be required to "design, build, deploy and service" the projects - which will include an overhaul of the Immigration and Asylum Fingerprint System - as well as offer business process and IT outsourcing. [09 Aug 2007]
Gov trumpets ePassports successes
News Seven out of 10 of these matches were due to fingerprint data previously collected in the UK from individuals who had attempted to claim asylum before, according to the government. Speaking at a Westminster eForum, Stephen Harrison, director of... [13 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: DIY enterprise mobility
Comment Second, security can actually increase when you let the lunatics run the asylum. End users, it seems, are to be trusted more and more with choosing their own mobile devices. I say this as Richard Hall, the UK CTO of Avanade, spoke of a high street... [03 Jul 2007]
ID card mega-database ditched
News Existing biometric storage systems currently used for asylum seekers will be used for the NIR in the short term. The government has trimmed back its controversial ID cards plans, ditching a single mega-database to hold all ID card information, and... [19 Dec 2006]
OpenOffice.org Meets Charity's Needs - And Makes for Good Business Too
White Paper Migrant Helpline is a charity which helps newly arrived asylum seekers access support, and assists refugees to settle into the UK. Like all charities, it has to get the best value possible from the funding it receives. [08 Sep 2006]
Biometric border checks come into force
News The Home Office said the new powers provided through the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act will improve security and are needed to support the rollout of finger-printing for visa applicants by 2008. [01 Sep 2006]
ID Cards on Trial: Illegal working myth exposed
News Home Office Minister Tony McNulty told MPs that prosecutions have been brought in magistrates courts against just 23 firms between 1999 and 2003 under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. Government claims that the introduction of the £5.8bn ID... [14 Jun 2005]
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the New Department of Homeland Security: Initial Concerns and Preliminary Recommendations
White Paper There is no stated objective of ensuring that the U.S.lives up to its obligations to refugees and asylum seekers - obligations that stem from both U.S.law and international conventions - as well as its tradition of welcoming those fleeing... [20 Jan 2005]
No barriers to language learning
White Paper It is often the first educational port of call for refugees and asylum seekers entering the UK. Cranford Community College, based in Heston, near Heathrow Airport, serves a wide learner base ranging from 11-18 year-olds studying for GCSEs, GNVQs... [24 Feb 2004]
Asylum-seeker biometric fingerprinting extended
News East African visitors travelling to the UK will have to provide biometric fingerprint data from March as part of the government's latest crackdown on illegal asylum applications. The Home Office claims there are large numbers of fraudulent... [21 Jan 2004]
Will ID cards contain DNA sample?
News Andy Kellet, senior research analyst at Butler Group, said the government had prepared the ground for ID cards by initially aiming them at the "soft target" of asylum seekers and that once it is introduced on a national basis it could be extended... [27 Nov 2003]
Biometric passport trial on the cards
News Separately, the government announced plans to extend a biometric scheme for people applying for visas to the UK to tackle immigration and asylum abuse. This is then used to identify the "significant number" of Sri Lankans who the government claims... [27 Aug 2003]
