The United Arab Emirates is set to become one of the most technically advanced countries when it comes to border control. The Emirates will deploy a series of biometric e-gates at all entry points while also working to gather more biometric data to add to the fingerprints currently tracked in its biometric database.
The biometric system will be the most comprehensive of any in the world, using eye scans, facial recognition and fingerprinting, in addition to the ability to detect forged passports, to process all incoming travelers.
The collection of emirates has the advantage of being ruled by a series of absolute monarchs, making it far easier to implement broad security measures such as these that might be a cause for concern in privacy-wary Western countries rocked by continual revelations of government intrusions and everyday spying.