UK Home Office to deploy live facial recognition in immigration crackdown
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The UK Home Office is preparing to deploy live facial recognition cameras at transport hubs and public events for general immigration enforcement, including non-criminal offences such as visa overstaying, according to policy documents reported by The Guardian. The programme has moved into a formal delivery phase after trials at Holyhead port, while home secretary Shabana Mahmood has doubled the immigration enforcement budget and plans to boost its workforce by 60%. Campaigners called the expansion a shocking escalation of mass surveillance, and the biometrics commissioner said he was not consulted and that immigration use of the technology falls outside his remit. [1]
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- UK to deploy facial recognition in biggest-ever immigration crackdown
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