This week we published our report into e-Visas, revealing flaws in its rollout and implementation.

By the end of 2024, up to 4 million migrants will be unable to prove their right to be in the UK offline.

They'll find themselves at the mercy of real-time checks. A system that'll decide a person's status by guessing which records match across multiple databases.

The errors that'll come pave the way for a digital Windrush scandal.

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/e-visas-hostile-and-broken/

e-Visas: Hostile and Broken

The e-Visa will be used to demonstrate someone’s ability to enter the UK, to prove their right to work and to access banking, mortgages and secure housing rental agreements.

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e-Visas are a digital- and online-only replacement of physical documentation for migrants to prove their right to be in the UK.

Migrants are exposed to errors when their status is checked in real-time online. With records live matched across multiple database using algorithmic guess-work, it's an unstable system by design.

ORG's @sarahalsherif explains ⬇️

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“The UK Government has inherited a completely unrealistic digitalisation programme which has already ruined the lives of many EU citizens in the UK.

It will now put at risk the rights of four million more migrants, leaving people without reliable proof of their immigration status and at the hands of the hostile environment."

🗣️ Monique Hawkins, Research and Policy Officer for @the3million

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/broken-e-visa-scheme-could-lead-to-digital-windrush-scandal/

Broken e-Visa scheme could lead to digital Windrush scandal

A new report by digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group, has warned that the Government’s e-Visa scheme could lead to a digital Windrush scandal where people who have the right to be in the UK are unable to prove it, with life-changing conseque…

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What's wrong with e-Visas?

Replacing physical documents, migrants' proof of status (UK) will be checked in real-time online.

Using error-prone algorithmic guesswork, records will be live matched and rematched across multiple databases.

It's a recipe for disaster.

#stopEvisas #migrants #digitalrights #eVisa #ukpolitics