18 January 2023

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Seminar series: Forced Migration and Digital Technologies: (Dis)continuities in Actors and Power Relations, Oxford, 24 January-2 March 2023 [info]

Legal/asylum aspects:

DHS Fails to Address Concerns about CBP One as the Agency Expands the App’s Use (Immigration Impact Blog, Jan. 2023) [text]
- Note: "All people who wish to access new programs announced by the Biden administration—including the parole programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans—will be required to use the app." See also related blog post.

Luck of the Draw III: Using AI to Examine Decision-Making in Federal Court Stays of Removal, Refugee Law Lab Working Paper (York Univ., Jan. 2023) [text]

"Machine Learning and Asylum Adjudications: From Analysis of Variations to Outcome Predictions," Applied Research, vol. 10 (Dec. 2022) [open access]
- Focuses on Denmark.

"Technology-related Risks to the Right to Asylum: Epistemic Vulnerability Production in Automated Credibility Assessment," European Journal of Law and Technology, vol. 13, no. 3 (2022) [open access]

UK drafts bill to criminalize posting of Channel crossing videos (InfoMigrants, Jan. 2023) [text]

Resource:

Memory Center Platform (SO CLOSE Project) [access]
- "A collection of digital resources on forced migration, cultural heritage and historical memory." The public collection is open to everyone; the other components require user registration. The user guide provides additional information. See also related press release. The project web site can be accessed here.

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