Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

The impacts of digitisation and automation across migration and asylum governance for are profound.  Automated systems are increasingly used to make decisions about would-be travellers, asylum seekers and refugees, yet their impacts remain underexplored. This Symposium emerges out of the AFAR Final Conference, held at the Hertie School in Berlin on September 18–19, and presents findings of the Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees (AFAR) Project alongside wider reflections on the implications of these technologies for governance and rights. Co-convened by Mirko Đuković and Cathryn Costello, the Symposium and the AFAR Project have been made possible with funding from the Volkswagen Foundation through its “Challenges for Europe” programme.