UNCHR Uses Biometrics to Register Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is moving forward with a large-scale refugee registration drive in Pakistan. The Documentation Renewal and Information…
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UNHCR to Issue Biometric ID Cards to Afghan Refugees in Pakistan
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is looking to outfit Afghan refugees in Pakistan with new smart identity cards through a six-month Documentation Renewal and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
UNHCR Uses Iris Biometrics to Register Displaced Syrian Refugees
Biometrics News – Iris Recognition The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that more than 1,600 Syrian refugees have been…
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…
UNHCR Deputy Highlights Digital Identity, Biometrics in Roosevelt Speech
A senior executive with the United Nations’ refugee agency has taken another high-profile opportunity to highlight the benefits of the biometric identification…
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…