How the Five Eyes countries share immigration data
29 January 2021
The Five Eyes countries - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA - are perhaps best known for their role in global spying and surveillance for the purposes of national security . However, this is not the only way in which they cooperate. A report for Radio New Zealand looks at how and why they share immigration data.
The report, by Gill Bonnett, notes that New Zealand recently set up something called the Secure Real Time Platform (STRP), which allows the exchange of biometric and biographic data with other members of the Five Eyes network - in this context, referred to as the Migration Five or M5.
Here s how the Five Eyes countries share immigration data Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Gill Bonnett for RNZ
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.
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.