Socialist Party MP Ronald van Raak says local councils must check whether fingerprints in new passports are the correct ones.

Fingerprinting has been obligatory for Dutch passports issued since September 2009. The prints will later be stored in a central database.

Mr Van Raak says there is a significant chance that the fingerprints in your passport belong to someone else or that they will be not recognised by the system. The prints are not checked when they are issued at a town or city hall.

Speaking in a radio interview, the Socialist MP warned that innocent people are at risk of being misidentified as criminals or even terrorists. Apparently, six percent of fingerprints kept by the police are incorrect.
 

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