In Russia, migrant offenders may be identified using facial recognition systems.
This initiative was presented to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs To Vladimir Kolokoltsev proposed Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy, and Veterans' Affairs Yaroslav Nilov.
The document prepared by the deputy states that following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow, police conducted large-scale raids, which uncovered over 6 violations of immigration law. Deportation orders were issued against 840 foreigners.
Nilov believes that law enforcement's actions are logical, but more effective methods can be used instead of manually searching for violators. He cited facial recognition as an example.
"If a subject's photo is in a law enforcement database, cameras can identify them within seconds," his statement reads.
All foreigners coming to Russia to work must register at the Multifunctional Center (MFC), and the information from there could be uploaded to the video surveillance system, along with law enforcement databases. Nilov nominated Moscow as a pilot region for this initiative, as it has the most developed system.
The day before they wrote that migrants in Kamchatka banned Working as a taxi driver. A similar decision was previously made by the governor of the Novosibirsk region. Previously, bans on working as taxi drivers and some other jobs were introduced in the Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, and Samara regions. Some regions had already done so several years ago.