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Satellite and aerial surveillance for migration: a tech primer

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Travel surveillance in the EU

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Violence at the EU’s borders: Tech and surveillance in Europe’s Human Rights Crisis

 

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Stop GPS tagging migrants

Fighting the GPS tagging of migrants in the UK's 'hostile environment'

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Buddi Limited - Immigration Enforcement's favourite tracking buddy

The privatisation of migration control and policing takes different shapes and forms.

The latest iteration comes in disguise – specifically, in four pastel colours: if you were to look at this company's main website, in fact, you'd only find wristbands and tools to monitor the well-being of elderly people who live alone. But as stated in their annual report, the majority of British company Buddi's revenue originates from the criminal justice market.

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Migration Surveillance Regime

The UK’s Privatised Migration Surveillance Regime: A Rough Guide for Civil Society

Privacy International has released a guide to how UK authorities track and monitor immigrants and the companies which profit.
 

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10 threats to migrants and refugees

This article presents some of the tools and techniques deployed as part surveillance practices and data-driven immigration policies routinely leading to discriminatory treatment of peoplee and undermining peoples’ dignity, with a particular focus on the UK.

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News

5th December 2022

EU Watchdog Finds Commission Failed to Protect Human Rights From its Surveillance Aid to African Countries

17th August 2022

Privacy International files complaints against GPS tagging of migrants in the UK

20th January 2022

Why Forensics Matter: Immigration officers and the quality of evidence in the UK

15th October 2021

Human Rights Groups Submit Complaint to European Ombudsman Calling for Investigation into EU Surveillance Aid

26th July 2021

Space: The Final Frontier of Europe’s Migrant Surveillance 

10th February 2021

The Hostile Environment is incompatible with public health: PI joins the Vaccine For All campaign

Examples of Abuse

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UK Home Secretary under fire as Home Office bids to target child asylum seekers

Human rights experts have accused the home secretary, Priti Patel, of ignoring legal guidance in an attempt to target child asylum seekers who cannot prove they are under 18. A letter from the Home Office, seen by the Observer, reveals that the government is putting pressure on social workers to
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Challenge to systemic quality failures of GPS tags submitted to Forensic Science Regulator

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As the Home Office plans to increase the use of GPS tags for those subject to immigration control, Privacy International has brought a complaint to the Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) regarding systemic failures in relation to the quality and accuracy of data extracted from GPS tags.

Under the Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021, the FSR has statutory powers to uphold standards in forensic science.

Privacy International calls on the FSR to look into quality and accuracy issues related to data extracted from satellite enabled GPS electronic monitoring which risk impeding or prejudicing the course of justice in immigration and criminal proceedings.

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