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UN Refugee Agency Looks to Contactless Biometrics to Mitigate COVID-19

April 17, 2020

“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 official documentation.” […]

UNHCR and WFP Conduct First Virtual Bootcamp

March 23, 2020

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. Though the Bootcamp […]

UNHCR Uses IrisGuard’s EyePay Tech to Distribute Funds to Refugees in Egypt

February 24, 2020

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 is being […]

UNHCR Issues Call for Interoperability Coordinator

November 15, 2019

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, and will […]

Internal Document Reveals Scope of UNHCR’s Ambitions for Biometric ID

October 4, 2019

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 Myanmar.” The United […]

New ID2020 Project to Build Biometric ID Program Around Infant Immunization

September 19, 2019

“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.” ID2020, a […]

NEC Shares Biometrics Expertise with UN to Fight Global Hunger

August 28, 2019

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 […]

DHS and UNHCR are Sharing Biometric Data of Refugees

August 23, 2019

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 […]

Biometric IDs Issued to Half a Million Rohingya Refugees: UNHCR

August 14, 2019

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 […]

UN-focused Handheld Features Integrated Biometrics Tech

August 7, 2019

Coppernic, a France-based specialist in RFID UHF solutions for the control and tracking of goods and people, has developed a new multifunction tablet device featuring sophisticated biometric technology from Integrated […]

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