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Cover Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems

Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems

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Authors:
Jack Maxwell
and
Joe Tomlinson

Identifying a pattern of risky experimentation with automated systems in the Home Office, this book outlines precautionary measures that are essential to ensure that society benefits from government automation without exposing individuals to unacceptable risks.

Publisher:
Bristol University Press
Publication Date:
25 Jan 2022
Online ISBN:
9781529219869
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529219869
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Front Matter
Front Matter
Foreword
One: The Home Office Laboratory
Two: Testing Systems
Three: The Brexit Prototype
Four: Category Errors
Five: Precautionary Measures
Back Matter
Notes
Index

In recent years, the United Kingdom's Home Office has started using automated systems to make immigration decisions. These systems promise faster, more accurate, and cheaper decision-making, but in practice they have exposed people to distress, disruption, and even deportation.

This book identifies a pattern of risky experimentation with automated systems in the Home Office. It analyses three recent case studies including: a voice recognition system used to detect fraud in English-language testing; an algorithm for identifying ‘risky’ visa applications; and automated decision-making in the EU Settlement Scheme.

The book argues that a precautionary approach is essential to ensure that society benefits from government automation without exposing individuals to unacceptable risks.

Jack Maxwell is a barrister at the Victorian Bar.

Joe Tomlinson is Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the University of York.

Author/Editor details at time of book publication.

Copyright:
© Bristol University Press 2022
Hardback ISBN:
9781529219845
ePub ISBN:
9781529219852
Online ISBN:
9781529219869
Page Extent:
130
Keywords:
Immigration; Automation; Algorithms; Home Office; Technology
Global Social Challenges:
Justice, Law and Human Rights
Sustainable Development Goals:
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Subject:
Law, Law, Law and Society, Migration Law, Technology Law, Politics and International Relations, British Politics, Sociology, Migration and Immigration, Sociology of Science and Technology
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