Recently, Dutch courts have been pushing back against problematic migration algorithms used in visa and asylum decisions.
Continue reading “The Dutch government simply loves discriminating through risk profiling: migration algorithm edition”
A Dutch anonymous site uses AI to spread misinformation about migration in the Netherlands.
Continue reading “Racist Technology in Action: Using AI to manipulate migration data (anonymously)”
An anonymous website is fuelling anti-immigration campaigns by using AI to repurpose official Dutch statistics and court records as polarising propaganda.
By Louis Gore-Langton for DutchNews.nl on July 6, 2026
Het algoritme adviseert jaarlijks bij de beoordeling van zo’n 750.000 visumaanvragen.
By Fleur Damen for NOS.nl on August 6, 2026
On July 9th 2026, we hosted a screening, discussion and fundraiser centred around the migrant justice organising in the face of the oppressive use of technology in the context of migration and borders.
Continue reading “Looking back at the screening, discussion & fundraiser ‘No Release’ – feedback wanted”
The widespread use of risk profiling systems by public authorities in law enforcement, social security and migration is incompatible with international human rights law and must be banned, Amnesty International said in a new report.
From Amnesty International on June 10, 2026
We’re hosting a screening of the short film “NO RELEASE” (2025, 15 min) on the use of surveillance and crime-control technologies in migration. Written and directed by Sînziana Cojocărescu and based on research by Dr Monish Bhatia. Monish and Sînziana will both be present for a discussion after the screening.
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The EU’s ongoing negotiations on a new “Deportation Regulation” follows Trump playbook. As terrifying ICE raids have continued across the US, European leaders have critiqued Trump’s actions and immigration policies. Yet, Europe itself is creating its own ICE-style systems: an expansion of its racist, inhumane, carceral migration infrastructure.
Continue reading “Reject the EU’s deportation regime: We Keep Us Safe campaign”
For many years and for many people, GeoMatch by the Immigration Policy Lab was a shining example of ‘AI for Good’: instead of using algorithms to find criminals or fraud, why don’t we use it to allocate asylum seekers to regions that give them the most job opportunities? Only the naive can be surprised that this didn’t work out as promised.
Continue reading “Racist Technology in Action: The algorithm that was supposed to match asylum seekers to places with jobs doesn’t work and is discriminatory”
In March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation – more aptly named, the Deportation Regulation – to replace its current Return Directive.
Continue reading “New EU deportation law must be rejected”
The EU’s proposed deportation law must be rejected by governments and MEPs, says a statement signed by more than 300 organisations from across Europe and beyond. The proposed law, which was published in March this year, would facilitate massive rights violations. It includes provisions for offshore deportation centres, the elimination of safeguards and increased detention periods, amongst other things.
From Statewatch on September 15, 2025
Amnesty takes a deep dive into the shameful racial and socio-economic discrimination against students in the DUO case (about which we’ve written here, here, and here) in their briefing titled Profiled Without Protection: Students in the Netherlands Hit By Discriminatory Fraud Detection System.
Continue reading “Amnesty demands the Dutch government stop using any and all risk profiling”
Equinox Initiative for Racial Justice, Greek Forum of Migrants and International Women* Space are building a Migrant Justice Community of Practice: a coalition of migrant-led organisations working to shift European migration approaches away from punishment, violence and control toward community, care and social provision.
From Equinox
In May 2024, Access Now’s Caterina Rodelli travelled across Greece to meet with local civil society organisations supporting migrant people and monitoring human rights violations, and to see first-hand how and where surveillance technologies are deployed at Europe’s borders. In the second instalment of a three-part blog series, she explains how EU-funded research projects on border surveillance are legitimising violent migration policies. Catch up on part one here.
By Caterina Rodelli for Access Now on September 25, 2024
The use of and reliance on machine translation tools in asylum seeking procedures has become increasingly common amongst government contractors and organisations working with refugees and migrants. This Guardian article highlights many of the issues documented by Respond Crisis Translation, a network of people who provide urgent interpretation services for migrants and refugees. The problems with machine translation tools occur throughout the asylum process, from border stations to detention centers to immigration courts.
Continue reading “Use of machine translation tools exposes already vulnerable asylum seekers to even more risks”
As many of us had our attention focused on the use of biometric surveillance technologies in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, in a new UN report prof. E. Tendayi Achiume forcefully puts the spotlight on the racial and discriminatory dimension of biometric surveillance technology in border enforcement.
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