DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has begun a pilot for a facial recognition system along its border with Haiti, the general director of the Migration Agency announced, as reported in Biometrics Update.

Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester said the new biometric technology is part of a broader effort to regulate cross-border security and strengthen identification for commerce.

Ballester explained that biometric equipment has been installed and is being tested as part of the pilot program. A representative from the US Customs and Border Protection accompanied Ballester to review the Directorate’s technological rollout and to discuss cooperation.

“In a few days we will be working on a resolution that the Migration Agency will issue, establishing the biometric procedures and regulations that foreigners participating in binational markets must comply with,” Ballester...