Australia to capture biometrics at the border under new law

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Australia’s Parliament has passed a law that will make it possible to collect biometric data, from citizens and visitors alike, at the nation’s borders.

The Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015, an amendment to the Migration Act of 1958, is explained as an effort to “streamline seven existing personal identifier collection powers into a broad, discretionary power to collect one or more personal identifiers from non-citizens, and citizens at the border.”

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