RAD - Refugee and Deportation System - Nationwide

The phenomenon of forced migration both internally and beyond its borders, is a classical example of a refugee producing country.

Putting an end to years of international isolation and providing status as a refugee - producing country, countries signed the United Nation Convention and the Protocol relating to the status of Refugee problems.

These international conventions required countries to formally recognize and provide protection to people classified as refugees. These laws become effective and continue to be a countires primary piece of legislation governing asylum seekers and refugees in the country. The Refugee & Deportation system provides the framework, tools and solutions for coping with these events and handling effectively the legislations respecting the governed laws of the specific countries.

• The BioCap Deportation and Refugee System centre consists of a central system that functions as the Refugee Population Register (RPR). The central system can interface with Smartcard Card Management Systems (CMS) & a PKI to produce Smart ID cards, and the AFIS system to retrieve and check biometric data and secure the integrity of the central register.

• Refugee smart cards can be produced i.e. centralized or decentralized and distributed to the different refugee offices. The system provides an interface with the Visa and Entry Stop list system as part of the Movement Control System (MCS) to determine if the person has been listed, thus preventing the person from entering the country at a port of entry / border crossing point.

• Unlimited amount of local sites can connect to the central site, and these sites can service an unlimited amount of workstations. In addition, the system can be accessed by various authorities related to these process via a web-interface to view and amend information.

• As the system is i.e. distributed with a central repository, it allows both immigration and deportation to effectively control movements of people at all Border Crossings, and also prohibit unlawful persons from entering the country, thereby increasing the efficiency of the corresponding departments in charge.

Key Features

Architecture

• SOA Multi-tier Architecture
• Truly scalable & distributable
• Advanced DB Replication
• Robust J2EE server side
• Web-Service Communication
• Hardware Independent
• Complex Workflow Orchestration

Service, User, Role, Site & Ws Management

A most advanced User , Identity, Role, Site, workstation and workflow management for every service, user, workstation, etc.

Service Selection

Dynamic Multi-Service support with independent modules and business logic

Database LookUp

Provides search and query functionality for existing stored data - textual & biometric.

Demographics Capture

Customized according to customer requirements. Dropdown list boxes for fast data selection from catalogues and field data validation for QA and operator guidance.

Signature Capture

Dynamic cropping & resizing of signature image according to ICAO specs for specific document types and sizing conventions. Output formats JPG, BMP, JPEG2000.

Face Capture & QA

Live Face Capture with QA (dynamic & static), face & eye-finder, automatic cropping and rotating and overall QA according to ISO & ICAO standards & recommendation. Output formats JPG, BMP, JPEG2000.

Fingerprint Capture & QA

Live Fingerprint Capture with QA, reliable and unreliable minutiaes, core and delta, ridge flow count, segmentation, sequence check, authenticity check, NFIQ value, etc. and autotake and anomalies support. for single , dual and 4-4-2 scanners. Output formats BMP, WSQ, JPEG2000.

Iris Capture & QA (optional)

Live Iris Capture with QA and image preview. Output formats JPG, BMP, JPEG2000.

Palm Capture & QA (optional)

Right Palm, Left Palm, Left and Right writer Palm. Outputs: BMP, WSQ, JPG, JPEG2000.

Voice & Video Interview

Recording multimedia conversations with the applicants for future use and reference in the decision making process. With a set of pre-defined mandatory questions to comprehensively manage the interview process.

Archive Documents

Scanning with flatbed scanners all supporting documents that are part of an application and link them to the transaction and the data record in the register.

Summary & Receipt

Displays all captured data on a summary view that can be stored and printed together with a receipt with barcode

Permit & SmartCard Personalization

Temporary Permist are generated, validated, printed, issued and recorded & SmartCards can be printed with an interface to the PKI

Issuing Documents

It supports the scanning of receipts, complete data retrieval including storage information, biometric 1:1 matching & 1:n matching, recording of the issuance and update of the register with the current status.

AFIS & Face Reocgnition Interface

Biometric Interfaces assure the integrity of the register at all times thru 1:n matching engines and deliver identity validation in various steps of the overall process

Powerfull Management

Fully integrated management for all entities and decision making bodies within the nationwide system for an end-to-end process.

Refugee System - Key Features

The Refugee system manages the entire process of asylum seekers since the moment that they apply for such status until a final decision is made whether to grant or deny such request.

Refugee Screening

This application has the main objective to capture the basic required information from the asylum seeker to verify if he or she can be admitted in the process.

•  Capture & QA of Biometrics Information (Face, Fingerprints and Signature)
•  Verification and capture of mandatory documents (A4 forms)
•  Verification if the person is a repeated offender
•  Verification if person is a minor
•  Capture of initial demographics data
•  Schedule of Interview date and time, assign interpreter (if required), assign official to conduct interview
•  Summary of data captured
•  Queries and reports

Detailed Interview Process

Provides functions to record an extensive interview for the asylum seeker where additional detailed information will be captured and added to the existing record created during screening process

•  Applicant Identity Verification (using fingerprints)
•  Record Interview
•  Capture additional demographics
•  Verification of country of origin
•  Print temporary permit
•  Queries and reports

Adjudication Process - AP

This is the most complex of all the workflows part of the Refugee system and deals with the entire process of making a final decision based on the capture information if a person qualifies for Asylum or not.

AP - Second Interview

Records a second interview and captures additional relevant data for the process.

•  Applicant Identity Verification (using fingerprints)
•  Record Second interview
•  Capture additional information during interview
•  Verify and confirm captured data

AP - Initial Status Decision

This process is done by a Supervisor that can grant or deny the asylum status of an applicant based on all information captured in the previous steps.

•  Entire revision of applicant data
•  Legal verification of applicable laws
•  Initial decision to grant / deny status
•  Print letter of rejection or approval.

AP - Appeal Decision

In case the status has been denied in the previous step, the applicant can appeal such decision to a higher committee. This application initiates the appeal process and forward such appeal to the committee with all relevant data.

•  Appeal information and details
•  Prints appeal registration
•  Captures additional documents
•  Modify status of applicant

AP - Extend Temporary Permit

This application allows to extend the validity of the temporary permit in case of applicant is still waiting for final decision of his/her status.

•  Applicant Identity Verification (using fingerprints)
•  Retrieval all required information
•  Prints new temporary permit with period extension
•  Update applicant permit

AP - Legal Action against the Authorities

In case of the asylum status has been rejected the applicant can still take legal actions against the Authorities as a final resource.

•  Applicant Identity Verification (using fingerprints)
•  Register Legal action
•  Captures of complain reasons
•  Captures of additional legal documents
•  Change the applicant status

AP - Applicant Status Administration and final decision:

After the Legal action has been resolved, using this application the final status of an applicant is recorded.

•  Provide final status
•  Confirmation of status
•  Capture supporting documents
•  Print approval or rejection letter
•  In case of rejection forward applicant to Deportation System

AP - Print ID Card

In case of an application has been finally approved, an ID Card is printed and given to the person.

•  Retrieve applicant information
•  Send data to personalization system
•  Personalize ID Card
•  Issue Id Card
•  Close entire Refugee process.

AP - Reporting and Statistics

This applications provides a set of pre defined reports for the entire system. Reports covers all areas of the system, including audit, applications, applicants, etc.

Deportation System - Key Features

The main purpose of the Deportation system is to manage the entire process of a person since the time he is arrested until is finally deported to its country of origin. In this process all possible status and scenarios are handle as well as all exceptional cases. The system provides for every step of the process the respective applications and workflows. As an overview the following functions are part of the Deportation System:

Pre-Admission

Performs the initial live data capture process and verifications.

•  Biometrics Enrolment (Fingerprints, Facial image and Signature)
•  Basic Demographics capture
•  Capture of supporting documents
•  Verification for repeated offender

Admission

Provides additional data capture plus identity and origin verification

•  Capture of extended demographics data
•  Identity Verification
•  Recording of Interview to determine correct nationality

Belongings Management

This function allows to manage the belongins of the different persons accepted in the detention center that have been thru Admission Process.

•  Book In Belongings
•  Book Out Belongings
•  Inventory Reports and query

Personalization of temporary ID Card

Once a Detainee in admitted in the detention center a temporary ID Card is personalized for the person.

•  Print temporary ID card
•  QA temporary ID card
•  Issuing of temporary ID Card

Temporary Exits

This function records and tracks all temporary exits of detainees from the detention center.

•  Handling of Hospitalizations
•  Handling of Visits to Embassy
•  Visits to Court
•  Capture of supporting documents
•  Queries and reports

Recording of Riots

In case of a riot inside the detention center, this application allows to provide detailed information about the Riot.

•  Riot management
•  Participants in Riots
•  Riot reports and query

Detainee Administration

This application allows to manage the different status of a detainee until is finally deported.

•  Status Modification
•  Status confirmation
•  Capture of supporting documents

Extension of Detention

This application allows you to manage the extension of the period of stay of a detainee in the detention center.

•  Handling of legal detention period
•  Modifications to period of detention
•  Confirmation of modifications to period of detention
•  Capture supporting documents
•  Reports and queries

Visitor Management

This application manages visitors to detainees in the detention center.

•  Visitor enrolment
•  Visitor identity verification
•  Visitor association to detainees
•  Reports and queries

Financial Expenditure Service

This application tracks all expenses that are associated to a certain detainee in the detention center.

•  Detainee query
•  Detailed input of expenses associated to detainees (transportation, accommodation, etc.)
•  Cost of deportation process
•  Queries and reports

Detainee Investigation

If any criminal act that requires an investigation is committed inside the deportation center by any detainee this application allows tracking of that investigation.

•  Detainee query
•  Investigation of information from Witnesses
•  Investigation results and confirmation
•  Modification and confirmation of detainee status
•  Scan of supporting documents

Legal Action

In case a legal action must be conducted for a detainee this application allows managing the details of the process and actors involved.

•  Reasons for legal action
•  Assign legal representative
•  Results of legal action
•  Detainee status modification

Transport Arrangements

Manages transportation for detainees when they are released from the detention center

•  Record of transportation
•  Cost of transportation
•  Transport responsible
•  Assign detainees to transport
•  Queries and reports

Escort Arrangements

Manages escorts assign to transports and/or detainees temporary exits

•  Record Escort
•  Escort verification
•  Assign escort to transport or detainee
•  Escort enrolment & identity verification
•  Queries and reports

Handling of Deaths

Manages the case that detainee dies inside the deportation center or in hospital.

• Handling of status change
• Capture supporting documents
• Details of death
• Queries and reports

Handling of Escapes

This application handles when a detainee escapes the detention center or during an temporary visit

• Details of the escape
• Report to Police
• Status modification and recording
• Queries and reports

Release for Criminal

In the event that the detainee is release because is a repeated offender or has committed any criminal act is release to the police.

• Details of the release
• Escorting officers
• Transport arrangements
• Queries and reports

Release of Detainee

This application handles the process of the release (NON DEPORTATION) of a detainee from the detention center.

• Reason for the release
• Capture of Supporting documents
• Confirmation of the release
• Release arrangements

Deportation Administration

Handles the process when a detainee is finally deported from the country.

• Detainee identity verification
• Transport arrangements
• Escort Handling
• Destroy temporary ID Card
• Notification from Point of Exit (Feedback from Border Control Point confirming exit)
• Queries and reports
• Body List (group of detainees)

Reporting and statistics

This applications provides a set of pre defined reports for the entire system. Reports covered all areas of the system, including audit, Deportation process, Person data, etc.