Germany to use voice recognition to identify migrant origins

Germany is to begin testing new voice recognition software that can tell which country migrants without documentation come from.The Federal Office for Migrants and Refugees said the automated new system would begin within two weeks. 

The aim is to detect Arabic-speaking migrants claiming to be Syrian to increase their



chances of asylum. Officials told news agency that the new software will run alongside techniques already in use to establish a person's identity. 

The new software is similar to the voice authentication technology used by banks and insurance companies and is capable of differentiating between dialects.