ABU DHABI: UAE customs will be fitted with ‘readers’ at airports to identify forged documents in a pilot project being implemented by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to improve quality of service at land entry points.
Different readers will be part of the system to be activated in the UAE airports to establish and find identity of people and also to identify forged passports and travel documents, an official said.
The MoI is working on a new project to increase the quality of service at land entry points, incorporating the customs department and insurance companies, said Colonel Barakat Al Kendi, Head of Systems Development and Chairman of e-Transformation Strategy at the ministry. It was not, however, clear when the project will be implemented.
In a presentation on Digitalisation of UAE Border’s Control on the concluding day of the Future of Borders International Conference organised by the General Department of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs, Dubai, Al Kendi said the ministry was working on a pilot project to transform systems at all entry points.
“Dubai airports will receive about 80 million passengers this year and Abu Dhabi will see an increase of 20 per cent in passenger handling and borders should be prepared to handle this increased traffic,” he said.
He said the key goal was to transform traditional gate to e-gate, to facilitate use by all including children and special needs people, when entering or passing through the borders. Al Kendi said the implementation of new technology, particularly the iris recognition technology, has enabled the authorities to identify and apprehend more than 400,000 people since it was implemented.
