French security forces have turned to biometric handprint checks to secure a new migrant camp being built in Calais.Migrants will have to register to live inside new shelters being built beyond a perimeter fence adjacent to current tent dwellings, with access controlled by handprint technology.However, refugees have told UK media that they fear submitting this biometric information will be used to force them to claim asylum in France and so thwart their goal of trying to reach Britain.Biometrics are increasingly being used as part of solutions to the migrant crisis that is affecting Europe, with fingerprint hot-spots being established to keep track of the crowds and to identify potential terrorists.
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