Iris-based biometric technology has been rolled out to the last airport in the UK government's program to tighten immigration security.
A government project to use passenger and intelligence databases to track and screen travellers entering and leaving the UK is set to begin trials by the end of the year.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) have both extended existing contracts with CSC under deals that could eventually yield AU$112 million in new business for the outsourcing heavyweight.
Selected visitors and refugees arriving in Australia will have their fingerprints taken and eyes scanned in a trial the federal government says could help improve border security and reduce identity fraud.
Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks.
Countries including the UK and the US are putting biometrics at the forefront of plans to improve national border security but there are still significant issues to be solved before the technology is up to the job.
The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.
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