Afghanistan, May 29 -- The United Kingdom government plans to introduce artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology next year to assess the age of asylum seekers as part of broader efforts to tighten border controls and prevent abuse of immigration rules.
The new system, developed under the Home Office, will analyse facial images of asylum seekers to estimate their likely age and identify individuals falsely claiming to be minors in order to access additional welfare protections and improve their chances of receiving asylum.
British officials said the technology is expected to be gradually implemented at border points and asylum processing centres before wider nationwide deployment planned by 2027.
Alex Norris said indivi...