The Burden of Data: Digital tools, evidence and credibility in asylum and immigration courts

TY - BOOK

T1 - The Burden of Data: Digital tools, evidence and credibility in asylum and immigration courts

AU - Lobo de Souza Santos Matias, Thais

AU - Aradau, Claudia

PY - 2023/12/18

Y1 - 2023/12/18

N2 - Digital tools have been increasingly used by national authorities in asylum proceedings, raising concerns about the adverse effects on access to the justicesystem, the quality of the refugee status determination, digital literacy, financial resources, and broader issues related to data protection and privacy rights. This report discusses findings from 916 appeals at the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in the United Kingdom between 2007-2022 that mentioned one or more of 16 social media platforms.

AB - Digital tools have been increasingly used by national authorities in asylum proceedings, raising concerns about the adverse effects on access to the justicesystem, the quality of the refugee status determination, digital literacy, financial resources, and broader issues related to data protection and privacy rights. This report discusses findings from 916 appeals at the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in the United Kingdom between 2007-2022 that mentioned one or more of 16 social media platforms.

KW - data

KW - social media

KW - digital affordances

KW - asylum

KW - Upper Tribunal

UR - https://www.securityflows.org/post/the-burden-of-data-digital-tools-evidence-and-credibility-in-asylum-and-immigration-courts

M3 - Report

BT - The Burden of Data: Digital tools, evidence and credibility in asylum and immigration courts

CY - London

ER -