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Germany to use voice recognition to identify migrant origins

Germany is to begin testing new voice recognition software that can tell which country migrants without documentation come from. <br/><br/>The Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees said the automated new system would begin within two weeks. <br/><br/>The aim is to detect Arabic-speaking migrants claiming to be Syrian to increase their chances of asylum. Officials told news agency that the new software will run alongside techniques already in use to establish a person's identity. <br/><br/>The new software is similar to the voice authentication technology used by banks and insurance companies and is capable of differentiating between dialects.<br/>

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