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August 3, 2010 – Due to the rampant exploitation of migration and the difficult issues that are not being addressed specifically in Australia and New Zealand, with the fear of placing the whole country in the hands of smuggling and trafficking activities, Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans had announced a new signed agreement in between Australia and New Zealand to further monitor the immigration security focusing on the border.

According to Minister Evans, Australia and New Zealand had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), on which, each country will share a biometric data that will secure the border’s security measures.

He said further,” Biometrics is widely used in the international community as an effective tool to manage visa and immigration processes, improve identity management and combat fraud”.

From the previously held, FCC or Five Countries Conference in London, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the participating countries; Australia and New Zealand. Exchange of information and an agreement to improve border security are the main goal of the conference and this enables the participating countries to further recognize the barrier and the improvement that is required to strengthen the border. Also, through FCC, some of the unidentified people who crossed the borders and illegally arrived in Australia were being checked in identifying their true nationalities and were all made known.

Immigration Minister Evans, also reiterated that the FCC has was able to gather at least 100,000 fingerprint records and were able to exchange biometric data, to identify the immigrants in and around Australia and New Zealand. Moreover, the exchange of identities would be used to help solve other participating countries immigration issues as well, thereby identifying their illegal and unidentified migrants and secure the safety of border use.
This process may have strengthen Australia’s fight against identity fraud and can minimize illegal entry in Australian and New Zealand Borders.

source:
ozvisa