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How the Five Eyes countries share immigration data Gillian Bonnett New documents show how the Five Eyes countries share data on immigrants and refugees. They also reveal the extent of co-operation between the allies on exchanging biometric and biographical information, and on border management. In June, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) implemented what it called the Secure Real Time Platform (SRTP), a system that interfaces with systems in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia to enable sharing of identity data, including biometrics. Those countries and New Zealand make up the Migration Five, or M5. The SRTP sped up responses to identity questions among border agencies in the five countries.

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