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UN GROUP CALLS FOR FINGERPRINTING EVERYONE!!!
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 12/18/01 | By Maria Hawthorne

Posted on 12/17/2001 1:27:36 PM PST by RaceBannon

Refugees meeting hears proposal to register every human in GENEVA, Dec 13 AAP|Published: Friday December 14, 7:18 AM

Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal immigration and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations meeting today.

The plan was put forward by Pascal Smet, the head of Belgium's independent asylum review board, at a roundtable meeting with ministers including Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock this afternoon.

Mr Smet said the European Union was already considering a Europe-wide system, using either fingerprints or eye scanning technology, to identify citizens.

But he said the plan could be extended worldwide. "There are no technical problems. It is only a question of will and investment," he said. "If you look to our societies, we are already registered from birth until death. Our governments know who we are and what we are. But one of the basic problems is the numbers of people in the world who are not registered, who do not have a set identity, and when these people move with real or fake passports, you cannot identify them.

"It's a basic rule of management that if you want to manage something, you measure it. It's the same with human beings and migration.

"But instead of measuring it, you have to register them."

Mr Smet said the scheme would give people dignity by giving them an identity if their papers had been lost or destroyed.

And he said it would allow countries to open their borders to genuine travellers or asylum seekers, because they would be able to prove the identity of any over-stayers and deport them without argument from their home country.

Mr Ruddock appeared unconvinced by the merits of the plan.

"In principle we would be supportive of a system which would crack down on multiple asylum claims, but a universal identification system would be taking it too far," he said through a spokeswoman.

By Maria Hawthorne


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KEYWORDS: banglist; biometrics; unlist
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To: RaceBannon
Anyone who still does not see the Biblical signifcance of biometrics, National I.D.'s, and the elimination of personal freedoms is blind.

OK I give up.
Where do I pick up my seeing-eye dog?

41 posted on 12/17/2001 1:52:34 PM PST by Publius6961
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To: isthisnickcool
OK. Here they are.

Sorry to hear about your accident.

42 posted on 12/17/2001 1:52:57 PM PST by Flyer
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To: Libertarian_4_eva
Don't forget, "It's for the Chil-drennn..."
44 posted on 12/17/2001 1:53:49 PM PST by Doomonyou
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To: Tourist Guy
Leave it to the UN to solve the world's problems. I got one finger they can print

I'm with you Tourist Guy. The UN is not deciding anything for me. And, if Bill and Hill have plans to join the UN, than double that finger.

45 posted on 12/17/2001 1:54:36 PM PST by freekitty
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To: isthisnickcool
I love you and be sure to hit the bulls eye. Maybe some of the UN smart a___ will come out about that time, including Bill and Hill.
47 posted on 12/17/2001 1:57:53 PM PST by freekitty
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To: RaceBannon
I can`t say here how I fell about that. Let me just say all the things I would say are swear words.
48 posted on 12/17/2001 1:58:30 PM PST by vladog
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To: RaceBannon
Goldi-Lox volunteers her finger to the UN:

And I volunteer two of mine:

‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›

49 posted on 12/17/2001 1:58:36 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: RaceBannon
OH RIGHT!!! He can have my fingerprints right after he takes my guns....which I GUARANTEE will be warmer than ME!
50 posted on 12/17/2001 1:59:04 PM PST by ExSoldier
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To: Mercuria; Hail Caesar
bump
51 posted on 12/17/2001 1:59:53 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: RaceBannon
Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered...

Not in the US we wouldn't.

52 posted on 12/17/2001 2:01:22 PM PST by Timesink
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To: Noxxus
Yup, viewing either naked will turn you to stone.

I have difficult time imagining that it would harden any part of me, except the flight reflex.

53 posted on 12/17/2001 2:02:04 PM PST by Cachelot
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To: freekitty
I love you

I am loveable:)

55 posted on 12/17/2001 2:05:03 PM PST by isthisnickcool
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To: Gramps
The government has had mine since 1941 and guess what? They have yet to contact me for any reason.

Then someone's been ripping off your tax refunds, dude!

57 posted on 12/17/2001 2:06:06 PM PST by Timesink
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To: RaceBannon
It can take up to 15 minutes to get a good set of prints, even with the electronic scanners. (don't ask me how I know) 15 minutes times how many billions that haved to be served? I come up with roughly 14,000 years worth of work (not even counting the associated paper work). If there were 100 people working on the project every minute of every day it would take 140 years. Then all of the people in the data base would be dead and they would have to start over. But let's not something like that stand in the way of our security.
58 posted on 12/17/2001 2:07:43 PM PST by Flyer
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To: isthisnickcool
I just bet you are.
59 posted on 12/17/2001 2:08:37 PM PST by freekitty
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To: RaceBannon
"Go ahead, make my day."
60 posted on 12/17/2001 2:08:41 PM PST by theoutsideman
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