Study argues biometrics can undermine human rights in digital border governance

A recent study conducted in a collaboration between the University of Essex and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has concluded that the inappropriate or excessive use of new and emerging digital technologies such as biometrics can have a negative toll on the exercise of migrants’ rights.

Per the study, the use of such technologies could have an undesirable effect on human rights by placing migrants in situations that predispose them to either exploitation or other …

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