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Immigration and Nationality DirectorateImmigration and Nationality Directorate
Registered Traveller Programmes
GLOBAL BORDER SECURITY CONFERENCE San Antonio, TEXAS 8 – 10 May 2007
Peter GrahamDirector of Special Projects
UK Border Control
‘e-BORDERS' and other EU initiatives
Border and Immigration Agency
More people, more quickly, more securely2
E-Borders DVD
More people, more quickly, more securely3
The challenge
• Increase in International Travel
• Larger Aircraft = more people arriving at the same time
• Increased security concerns
• Organised crime
…more people, more quickly, more securely…
More people, more quickly, more securely4
Traditional approach
Security v Facilitation the needle in the haystack
Security v Facilitation the needle in the haystack
• Greater security has traditionally meant longer
queues
• Passengers checked/interviewed on arrival at
port/airport
• Blanket approach to screening/identity management
More people, more quickly, more securely5
Progress to date
• Introduced in December 2004 in
partnership with IBM
• Pre-screening (20million+) passengers
before arrival using API/PNR data
• Successful testing of Govt and Carrier systems and
processes integration
Project SemaphoreProject Semaphore
More people, more quickly, more securely6
Progress to date
Project IRISProject IRIS
• Introduced July 2005
• Registered Traveller Programme
• Currently deployed at 8 UK Airport Terminals
• 65,000 + people enrolled by end March,
• 250,000 + barrier crossings by end March
More people, more quickly, more securely7
Current situation
• Currently in procurement
• 2 short listed bidders
• Contract award expected late summer 2007
E-BordersE-Borders
More people, more quickly, more securely8
Key EU initiatives
• EURODAC- stores fingerprints of persons refused entry or who have claimed asylum
• VISA INFORMATION SYSTEM
-A system for the exchange of visa application data including biometrics Between Member States
• BIOMETRIC MATCHING SYSTEM
- For use across other systems where there is a legal base
More people, more quickly, more securely9
Key EU initiatives
• SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM II - Will replace existing watchlist functionality and integrate new Member
States
• REGISTERED TRAVELLER STUDY
- using biometrics to facilitate trusted travellers, automate arrival/exit
• BI-LATERAL REGISTERED TRAVELLER TRIALS
- UK/Netherlands in discussion
• FRONTEX - European Agency for the Management of Operational Co-
operation at the External Borders
More people, more quickly, more securely10
Future Trends
• Collaboration
• Identity Management and biometric technology
• New technology
• A World Immigration Organisation ?
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