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Francesco Bellina/TNH
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A border police agent sits at the desk of one of the newly established biometric control stations, inside the border post of Makalondi, at the Niger-Burkina Faso border.
Biometric machines have been introduced by the border police, thanks to the MIDAS system,
provided by the International Organization for Migration. Travellers data will be stocked in Niamey and the database will communicate with Interpol and the US PISCES system.
The Makalondi post was the first to introduce this technology, that will be extended to several land borders of Niger through 2019, with funds from Europe and other partners. This comes with efforts to control borders and migration flows along Niger’s border.
2th December 2018. - Credits Francesco Bellina/TNH
- Themes Migration Human Rights
- Regions Africa West Africa Niger