In 2019 the Home Office funded a national rollout of mobile fingerprint scanners linked to immigration databases, turning the UK police into a border force.
As the Windrush scandal shows, this move could lead to mass detentions and deportations. Join us to Stop the Scandal, before it hits your local streets.
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Today the Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists have released a brand-new report on the increased use of the Biometric Services Gateway (mobile fingerprinting) by police forces across the UK. We analyse the latest data obtained through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from April 2020 to December 2021. Download the PDF report here: Mobile fingerprinting … Continue reading Report on increased mobile fingerprint scanning
The Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists, in conjunction with Queen Mary University of London, released a new report written to draw attention to the national use of the Biometric Services Gateway (mobile fingerprinting) by police forces. The report discusses issues that arose from new data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from … Continue reading Police use of mobile fingerprinting technology for immigration enforcement
Cross-posted with The Racial Justice Network. The Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists have written a new report to draw attention to the impact of the Biometric Services Gateway (mobile fingerprinting) on both the communities targeted by police and the wider public. The report discusses issues that arose from an online survey (115 participants) conducted … Continue reading Report on the public perception of police fingerprint scanning
Hosted by the Racial Justice Network and Yorkshire Resists, this free, online collective conversation examines how racism is reinforced by police practices. Speakers from the Stop the Scan campaign will be discussing how Policing, Hostile Environment policies, and COVID19 have affected marginalised communities; with further information about the Stop the Scan campaign. The session will … Continue reading Join us for a Collective Conversation on racist policing
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