The effort to secure Barbados’ borders is intensifying, with the Immigration Department preparing to introduce “a modern system of facial recognition”, among other measures.

Chief Immigration Officer Margaret Inniss, while stressing that she could not go into details considering the national security implications, told the DAILY NATION in an exclusive interview over the weekend: “We are anticipating that some time early next year, we will have a complete system that really positions us for the modern world.”

She also made it clear that the technical difficulties her department encountered between December 2024 and March 2025, which negatively affected visitor arrivals data provided to the Barbados Statistical Service (BSS), had in no way impacted Barbados’ border security.