Biometric passports are making matters worse.

生物识别式护照使事态变得更糟。

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Biometric passports are already the norm in most European countries.

生物认证科技护照在大部分欧洲国家已经普及。

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New biometric passports, which contain details such as finger prints and iris scans, will also improve identification.

新的生物特征护照，包含指纹和虹膜扫描的细节，也会增加识别能力。

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But the MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough warned that the issue of second generation biometric passports "would not go away".

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All Singaporeans will soon be scanned before leaving the country and from October, Singapore will begin issuing biometric passports chipped with holders' facial details.

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By 2012, more than 100 countries had implemented biometric passports, or ePassports, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation, a UN agency that develops standards and recommended practices for international flights.

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