Liberia to Register 140,000 Migrants in Biometric Exercise

The Government of Liberia will on Wednesday, November 4, launch a migrant profiling and biometric registration exercise targeting approximately 140,000 foreign nationals, predominantly Burkinabè, amid growing concerns over undocumented migration and border security.

The exercise, coordinated by the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) and the National Identification Registry (NIR), is intended to establish a credible database of…