Officials have confirmed that everyone entering or leaving Barbados will soon have to be fingerprinted as part of a new border system, with facial recognition also planned.The new fingerprinting measure comes into place from April 1, and Chief Immigration Officer Erine Griffith said this will be followed later in the year with a measure to facially scan passengers.The only exemptions to these regulations will be holders of diplomatic passports and children under the age of 16, reported the Jamaica Observer.Griffiths said these security measures will bring Barbados in line with international ports of entry and were mandatory under the Immigration (Biometrics) Regulation 2015.
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