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Wilson, D. (2006). Biometrics, Borders and the Ideal Suspect. In: Pickering, S., Weber, L. (eds) Borders, mobility and technologies of control. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4899-8_5

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