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EU: The European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee votes in favour of fingerprinting children (from age 12) for EU passports

01 October 2008

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The plenary session of the EP now has to vote on the issue: Letter from Sarah Ludford MEP to the rapporteur (pdf),
BIODEV II: Children Fingerprinting Intermediary report to the European Commission (pdf)
Biometrics of Juveniles (Sagem, pdf)
and UK test figures (pdf).

Background: Civil Liberties Committee votes for finger-printing children from the age of 12 and above for EU passports (EP press release) and Google Search for Statewatch coverage

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