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UNHCR’s Interim Report Highlights Biometric Aid Efforts in Egypt
The United Nations is once again celebrating the benefits of biometrics in providing assistance to refugees. In a newly-published interim report for January to March of 2020, The UNHCR touts its...
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UN Refugee Agency Looks to Contactless Biometrics to Mitigate COVID-19
“The UNHCR has been increasingly vocal about the advantages of biometric identification in recent years, primarily for its utility in establishing identity for displaced individuals who often lack...
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UNHCR and WFP Conduct First Virtual Bootcamp
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) recently came together to address various operational challenges during their United Nations Digital Solutions Bootcamp....
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UNHCR Uses IrisGuard’s EyePay Tech to Distribute Funds to Refugees in Egypt
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNCHR) will be utilizing IrisGuard’s EyePay Cash mobile iris recognition platform to distribute financial aid to refugees in Egypt. The targeted remittances program...
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UNHCR Issues Call for Interoperability Coordinator
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has put out a call for an Interoperability Coordinator. The Coordinator will work at the organization’s headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark,...
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Internal Document Reveals Scope of UNHCR’s Ambitions for Biometric ID
Biometrics News “…the assessment puts some hard numbers behind biometric ID programs that the UNHCR has championed through specific examples like Bangladesh’s settlements for Rohingya refugees from...
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New ID2020 Project to Build Biometric ID Program Around Infant Immunization
“The project will involve the exploration of multiple biometric identification technologies for infants, with the aim of building a biometric ID program based on the most successful approaches.”...
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NEC Shares Biometrics Expertise with UN to Fight Global Hunger
NEC has agreed to share its biometrics expertise with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Through the partnership, the WFP will be able to upgrade the SCOPE digital identity management...
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DHS and UNHCR are Sharing Biometric Data of Refugees
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been discreetly gathering the biometric information of tens of thousands of refugees, many of whom may never make it to America. According to a recent...
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Biometric IDs Issued to Half a Million Rohingya Refugees: UNHCR
Over half a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have now received biometric identity documents, the United Nations’ refugee agency has announced. Speaking at a press conference at the Palais des...
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UN-focused Handheld Features Integrated Biometrics Tech
Coppernic’s formidable new ID Platform FAP50 includes the Integrated Biometrics Five-0, the world’s smallest FBI Certified 4-slap fingerprint sensor, as well as an Android tablet, camera and iris...
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UNHCR Seeks Help as Biometrics-driven ID Efforts Ramp Up
“The UNHCR has proven to be an enthusiastic proponent of biometric identification in recent years, deploying such technologies in major refugee camps and highlighting its utility in providing...
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UNHCR Says Biometric Registration is Integral to Refugee Relief Plans
“The organization specifically highlighted the expansion of its Population Registration and Identity Management EcoSystem (PRIMES), an identity management tool that has now been deployed in 58...
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ID4Africa: IDEMIA SVP Antoine Grenier on Identity as a Basic Human Right [Audio]
FindBiometrics is in Johannesburg, reporting live from ID4Africa 2019, where the biometrics industry is convening to help realize the future of next-generation identity technology in Africa. All week...
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ID4Africa: We’re Bringing You Live Biometrics News Coverage Straight From...
FindBiometrics will be reporting live from ID4Africa next week, delivering breaking news and live audio interviews to keep our global readership informed about what’s happening in one of the world’s...
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UNHCR Celebrates Biometric Registration of Over a Quarter of Bangladesh’s...
“And as the UNHCR has previously outlined, the biometric ID cards themselves can help refugees to access critical services, and can be used for resettlement and potential repatriation.” Well over a...
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UNHCR’s Biometric IDs Help Protect Refugees from Itself
The United Nations’ refugee agency has been vocal about the benefits of biometric identification for those in its charge for years, but recently the organization invoked this technology in its own...
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UNHCR Official Calls Biometric IDs ‘a Big Milestone’ in Refugee Aid
After a high-level tour of refugee centers in Bangladesh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is more convinced than ever of the importance of biometric IDs for helping displaced people....
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Integrated Biometrics Management Consultant Participates in UN Women’s Day Panel
“Mobile biometrics can be the first step in unlocking opportunities for the previously unidentified in terms of financial services, healthcare, personal safety, and social programs.” – On Tim Tang,...
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Distilled Identity and Emerge Unveil New Refugee Identity Technology
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has repeatedly called for the adoption of biometric platforms that make it easier to manage refugee populations. Now, Distilled Identity and...
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