Migration 5

Migration 5 (M5, formerly the Five Country Conference on migration){{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title=Briefing: Information on trade and international relationships in the immigration portfolio |url=https://www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/d663336e90/information-on-trade-and-international-relationships-in-the-immigration-portfolio.pdf |access-date=9 April 2025 |website=mbie.govt.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-07-11/html/sor-dors128-eng.html|title=Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 152, Number 14: Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations|first=Public Works and Government Services Canada|last=Government of Canada|date=July 11, 2018|website=gazette.gc.ca}} is a conference of the immigration authorities of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/257229/pia.pdf|title=UK BORDER AGENCY: Report of a PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT conducted by the UK Border Agency in relation to the HIGH VALUE DATA SHARING PROTOCOL amongst the immigration authorities of the FIVE COUNTRY CONFERENCE}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/transparency/transition-binders/deputy-minister-2019/international-stakeholders.html|title=IRCC Deputy Minister Transition Binder 2019 – Key International Stakeholders|first=Refugees and Citizenship Canada|last=Immigration|date=December 17, 2019|website=www.canada.ca}} The five countries work together to "enhance the integrity, security and efficiency of their immigration and border services" including the sharing of certain overseas visa application centres.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/five-country-conference-visa-application-centre-opens-in-singapore|title=Five Country Conference visa application centre opens in Singapore|work=GOV.UK|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/news/2013/may/uk-usa-fcc-vfs-global.pdf|title=First of its kind Visa Application Centre for Five Countries Conference (5CC) launched in Singapore}}

In 2009, the Five Country Conference agreed to a data-sharing protocol which facilitates the sharing of the biometric data of up to 3000 people per year in order to assist with asylum applications.{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/uk_five_countries_conference_hig|title=UK Five Countries Conference High Value Data Sharing Protocol Database - a Freedom of Information request to Home Office|date=April 24, 2016|website=WhatDoTheyKnow}}{{Cite news|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/557896/biometric-data-sharing-v7.0.pdf|title=Biometric data-sharing process (Five Country Conference data-sharing process)|date=2016-10-03|access-date=2018-11-29|publisher=Home Office}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/publication/five-country-joint-enrollment-and-information-sharing-project-fcc|title=Five Country Joint Enrollment and Information-Sharing Project (FCC)|date=August 18, 2015|website=Department of Homeland Security}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/foi/files/2020/fa-200500980-document-released.PDF|title=Five Country Conference (FCC) data sharing statistics 2018/2019 financial year}} The data-sharing among M5 members subsequently expanded to also cover the personal data of any traveller, visitor or migrant, across 35 items of information including an applicant’s family members, medical history and travel records.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-14 |title=The truth about the shadowy Migration 5 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/migration-5-the-truth-about-the-shadowy-scheme-to-check-identities/JR4G4HTQVZDWDDYDFARDJLHYS4/ |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}} A Radio New Zealand investigation found that up to 8 million checks for such personal data happen among M5 members each year, with no M5-wide restrictions on data retention.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018944218/the-invisible-hand-of-immigration-policy|title=The story behind Migration5|date=June 25, 2024|website=RNZ}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/519980/oversight-should-be-added-to-address-cloak-of-secrecy-over-migration-5-opposition-mps-say|title=Oversight should be added to address 'cloak of secrecy' over Migration 5, opposition MPs say|date=June 19, 2024|website=RNZ}}

The respective authorities are:

• {{flag|Australia}}: Department of Home Affairs{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/02_Parliamentary_Business/24_Committees/244_Joint_Committees/JSCT/2014/2september2014/Report_145/Chapter4.pdf|title=Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America for the Sharing of Visa and Immigration Information}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/kuwait-koweit/highlights-faits/2018/biometrics-biometrie.aspx?lang=eng|title=Canada is expanding its biometrics program|first=Global Affairs Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=www.canadainternational.gc.ca|date=9 August 2021 }}
• {{flag|Canada}}: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2014/04/ministers-blaney-alexander-open-five-country-conference-migration-security.html|title=Ministers Blaney and Alexander open the Five Country Conference on migration and security|first=Service|last=Canada|date=April 28, 2014|website=www.canada.ca}}
• {{flag|New Zealand}}: Immigration New Zealand{{Cite web|url=https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/what-we-do/international-cooperation|title=International cooperation|website=Immigration New Zealand}}
• {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Home Office{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/five_country_conference|title=Five Country Conference - a Freedom of Information request to Home Office|date=July 26, 2016|website=WhatDoTheyKnow}}
• {{flag|United States}}: Department of Homeland Security{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-sheets/Asylum-ConfidentialityFactSheet.pdf|title=USCIS Asylum Division (October 18, 2012) Fact Sheet: Federal Regulation Protecting the Confidentiality of Asylum Applicants}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/five_country_conference_and_uk_u|title=Five Country Conference and UK & US new security data sharing agreement. - a Freedom of Information request to Home Office|date=December 25, 2016|website=WhatDoTheyKnow}}