Dec 1, 2020
UN warns of impact of smart borders on refugees: ‘Data collection isn't apolitical’
This piece was written by Katy Fallon, freelance journalist, and published by The Guardian on 11 November 2020.
Robotic lie detector tests at European airports, eye scans for refugees and voice-imprinting software for use in asylum applications are among new technologies flagged as “troubling” in a UN report.
The UN’s special rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Prof Tendayi Achiume, said digital technologies can be unfair and regularly breach human rights. In her new report, she has called for a moratorium on the use of certain surveillance technologies. [Read more here.]