Barbados yesterday announced that it will be implementing a system where everyone entering or leaving the island will have to be fingerprinted.
This new measure is expected to come into place on April 1st.
Chief Immigration Officer, Erine Griffith, said this will be followed later in the year with a measure to facially scan passengers. She said the only exemptions to these regulations will be holders of diplomatic passports and children under the age of 16.
The Chief Immigration Officer said that these security measures will bring Barbados in line with international ports of entry and were mandatory under the Immigration (Biometrics) Regulation 2015.
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