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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.

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Foreword - Catherine O’Regan 1. The Home Office Laboratory 2. Testing Systems 3. The Brexit Prototype 4. Category Errors 5. Precautionary Measures

Experiments in Automating Immigration Systems

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 25 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9781529219845
      978-1529219845
      ISBN-10 1529219841

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword - Catherine O’Regan 1. The Home Office Laboratory 2. Testing Systems 3. The Brexit Prototype 4. Category Errors 5. Precautionary Measures

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