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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr">Migration 5 (M5, formerly the Five Country Conference on migration)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> is a conference of the <a href="Immigration" title="Immigration">immigration</a> authorities of <a href="Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, the <a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and the <a href="United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The five countries work together to "enhance the integrity, security and efficiency of their immigration and border services" including the sharing of certain overseas <a href="Travel_visa" title="Travel visa">visa</a> application centres.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>

In 2009, the Five Country Conference agreed to a <a href="Data_sharing" title="Data sharing">data-sharing</a> protocol which facilitates the sharing of the <a href="Biometric_data" class="mw-redirect" title="Biometric data">biometric data</a> of up to 3000 people per year in order to assist with <a href="Asylum_seeker" title="Asylum seeker">asylum</a> applications.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a> A <a href="Radio_New_Zealand" title="Radio New Zealand">Radio New Zealand</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

The respective authorities are:

<ul><li> <a href="Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>: <a href="Department_of_Home_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Department of Home Affairs (Australia)">Department of Home Affairs</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li>

<li> <a href="Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>: <a href="Department_of_Immigration%2C_Refugees_and_Citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship">Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada</a> and the <a href="Canada_Border_Services_Agency" title="Canada Border Services Agency">Canada Border Services Agency</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li>

<li> <a href="New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>: <a href="Immigration_New_Zealand" title="Immigration New Zealand">Immigration New Zealand</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li>

<li> <a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>: <a href="Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></li>

<li> <a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: <a href="United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Anglosphere" title="Anglosphere">Anglosphere</a></li>

<li><a href="Border_Five" title="Border Five">Border Five</a></li>

<li><a href="CANZUK" title="CANZUK">CANZUK</a></li>

<li><a href="Five_Nations_Passport_Group" title="Five Nations Passport Group">Five Nations Passport Group</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fivecountryconference.org">Official website</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statewatch.org/news/2013/jun/fcc-.htm">Five Country Conference</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160913035814/http://www.statewatch.org/news/2013/jun/fcc-.htm">Archived</a> 2016-09-13 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> from <a href="Statewatch" title="Statewatch">Statewatch</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://refugeeresearch.net/ms/5ccw/about-us/about-5ccw/">About 5CCW - Five Country Conference Watch</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cips-cepi.ca/2020/10/01/from-insularity-to-exteriority-how-the-anglosphere-is-shaping-global-governance/">From Insularity to Exteriority: How the Anglosphere is Shaping Global Governance – Centre for International Policy Studies</a></li></ul>

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