ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is Professor and Director of the MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law (grant no DNRF169), at the University of Copenhagen, PI of the XAI-CRED project and co-PI associated of the AFAR project.

POSTS BY Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen

28 November 2025

What “Real Risk” Means For AI-Assisted Refugee Status Determination

European asylum systems increasingly rely on AI tools—from identity checks to case summarisation—promising fairness and efficiency but also raising significant human rights and transparency issues. Because Refugee Status Determination depends heavily on credibility assessments amid limited evidence, AI risks replicating bias, introducing new proxy discrimination, and deepening epistemic uncertainty. This contribution asks how current AI models may generate foundational uncertainties in Refugee Status Determination and what, if anything, can be salvaged from AI going forward. Continue reading >>

12 July 2021

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Mikael Rask Madsen, Henrik Palmer Olsen

The Limits of Indirect Deterrence of Asylum Seekers

The ECtHR judgment M.A. v. Denmark is significant for several reasons. Firstly, because it adds to an already growing international criticism of Denmark’s asylum and immigration policy. Secondly, because the judgment helps clarify the Court’s position on an issue, family reunification for refugees, where case law has hitherto been somewhat ambiguous, and where several European States have introduced new restrictions since 2015. Third, and finally, the judgment represents – to paraphrase Harold Koh - another “way station…in the complex enforcement” of migrant and refugee rights by international human rights institutions. Continue reading >>

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen

What “Real Risk” Means For AI-Assisted Refugee Status Determination

The Limits of Indirect Deterrence of Asylum Seekers

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