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Germany to test dialect analysis software on asylum-seekers

It will help determine where migrants are from

17 March, 16:40
(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 17 MAR - Germany plans to test software that can automatically recognize a person's dialect to help determine whether asylum-seekers are really where they claim they're from, Ap said. Germany's Office for Migration and Refugees confirmed a report on the pilot project Friday by the Die Welt newspaper. An agency spokeswoman, Andrea Brinkmann, says the software would complement existing methods used to verify a person's identity.

Brinkmann told Ap that officials would still rely on a range of information, including documents presented by the asylum-seeker and an expert opinion, before reaching a final conclusion. Last year officials commissioned 1,405 language analyses, up from 431 in 2015.

Authorities have expressed concern that some asylum-seekers from Arab countries are claiming to be from Syria in hopes of increasing their chances of staying in Germany. (ANSA).

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