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Biometric technology could kill off paper passports, says border boss

Biometric technology could kill off paper passports, says border boss

Border Force boss says advances in biometrics and data security have made paper passports redundantThe UK’s newly minted blue passports, one of the totemic achievements of Brexit, could soon be unnecessary, according to the UK’s top border official.While Britons queue again for officials to stamp their documents to permit them to cross the Channel, the director general of Border Force, Phil Douglas, said developments in biometrics and data security have made the paper passport effectively redundant – if still politically-charged.

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