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Without physical or offline digital Visas, migrants will be exposed to data errors, system crashes and dodgy Internet.
People could be unable to prove their right to be in the UK, leading to a digital Windrush scandal.
Write to your MP (UK) to #stopEvisas ⬇️
#eVisa #immigration #migrants #ukpolitics #digitalrights
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
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Many people who are older, with poor digital literacy, language barriers or learning difficulties face challenges setting up an UKVI account.
It also makes them vulnerable to cybercrimes that could expose their accounts and immigration status to hacking.
#stopEvisas #eVisa #immigration #migrants #ukpolitics #digitalrights
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What could go wrong with the e-Visa system?
What could go right really, considering the UK Home Office's immigration casework database (Atlas) has mismatched people's identities in more than 76,000 records.
Digitalisation may be building a house on sand.
#stopEvisas #eVisa #migrants #immigration #ukpolitics #digitalrights
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A live checks system prioritises the UK Home Office's desire to rescind e-Visas whenever and as soon as possible.
It's designed without sufficient regard to the consequences for migrants when errors occur, such as being denied access to services or entry to the UK.
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The e-Visa system makes complicated live checks across databases, having the potential for new and additional errors each time a check is made.
As datasets aren't tightly linked by single identifiers, data can be mismatched and incorrect Visa statuses returned.
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The e-Visa scheme is a digital-only and online-only system that will replace physical documents at the end of 2024.
Under this system, the right to be in the UK can only be proved online and must be done anew every time someone is asked to prove their Visa status.
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e-Visas will be used to enter the UK, work, access services and rent accommodation.
So any problems with the system will have serious consequences for people's lives.
The problem? Its very design will create these problems.
Here's what can go wrong and why we must #stopEvisas
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As part of the Home Office's digitalisation of visas, Long-term UK residents like Kathleen Harper has been asked for proof of her 50 years in the UK. Your proof to be in the UK can be made invalid when the eVisa system says no. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/06/people-who-have-lived-in-uk-for-decades-fear-being-locked-out-by-evisas?CMP=share_btn_url #stopEvisas
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The Hostile Environment is hardcoded in the e-Visa scheme 🛑
Under the system alogorithms will look across multiple databases as and when a person's status is checked to give a decision in real time.
This online-only design choice carries the risk of errors and records being conflated.
Unless the UK government puts in place offline alternatives, there's the risk of a digital Windrush scandal.
Read more ⬇️
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"With the deadline for e-Visa applications just months away, we urge the new Home Secretary (UK) to take urgent action in order to prevent a digital Windrush scandal next year.”
🗣️ ORG's @sarahalsherif on our recent report into the e-Visa scheme.
#stopEvisas #eVisas #migrants #ukpolitics
https://www.digit.fyi/government-warned-e-visas-scheme-could-lead-to-digital-windrush-scandal/
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As a digital-only and online-only scheme, e-Visas put people at risk of being undocumented due to system errors.
Migrants must also have proof of their status in a document or digital token that can be accessed offline.
This is what needs to change ⬇️
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“The e-Visa is set to replace documentation with computation. Status holders will no longer get a token they can hold on to, like a passport sticker or a biometric card. Instead, they will rely on algorithmic logics to generate online status from various records dispersed in multiple databases. Our research shows this design is prone to glitching."
🗣️ Dr Kuba Jablonowski, Lecturer in Digital Sociology at the University of Bristol.
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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.
#stopEvisas #migrants #ukpolitics
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/e-visas-hostile-and-broken/
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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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The e-Visa system is a guessing game in real-time.
Algorithms will live match applications across databases to give a status when it's being checked. There are no individual user records.
As 4 million people rely on e-Visas, an error rate of 0.05% would cause 20,000 problems.
This fragile system is a deliberate choice to fulfil the UK Home Office's goal of finding invalid e-Visas and rejecting them as soon as possible.
Our blog ⬇️
#stopEvisas #migrants #ukpolitics
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/e-visas-the-next-digital-windrush-scandal/
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The hostile and broken e-Visa scheme could lead to a digital Windrush scandal in the UK.
It's yet another failed government IT project that could have life-changing consequences for thousands of people in the UK.
Our new report in The Guardian ⬇️
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Without physical or saved digital documentation, migrants will be exposed to data errors, system crashes and dodgy Internet at airports.
This could leave people unable to prove their right to be in the UK.
Sign our petition to #stopEvisas ⬇️
#migrants #digitalrights #eVisa #ukpolitics
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/help-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
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The switch to e-Visas at the end of 2024 creates a system where a person's right to be in the UK can glitch out.
Or get turned off by the UK Home Office in real-time as soon as it thinks there might be a reason to do so.
It's a digital Windrush scandal in the making.
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The UK government's new casework database, Atlas, has mismatched people's identities in 70,000 records.
With 4 million people needing e-Visas, even a small error rate creates a vast number of people wrongly denied access to work, services or entry to the UK.
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Real-time checking carries the risk of potentially tens or hundreds of thousands of errors. Errors that can have life-changing consequences.
Reports collected by @the3million show cases of data errors and failures under the previous EU Settlement Scheme.
#stopEvisas #migrants #digitalrights #eVisa #ukpolitics
https://the3million.org.uk/our-proposal-fixing-digital-status
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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.
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The e-Visa scheme could create a digital Windrush scandal in the UK.
By the end of 2024, proof of the right to be in the UK will be fully digitalised.
Up to 4 million migrants will be at risk of being unable to prove their status offline.
Tell your MP #stopEvisas ⬇️
#migrants #digitalrights #eVisa #ukpolitics
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
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From the EU Settlement Scheme and Horizon Post Office scandal to the recent global Microsoft outage, it's clear that digital-only systems can and do fail.
The UK Home Office must take urgent action and follow the recommendations set out in our report.
We must #stopEvisas.
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Digital-only schemes are cursed by a lack of data integrity.
The EU Settlement Scheme showed cases of mismatched records, out-of-date decisions and technical glitches preventing access.
The e-Visa scheme (UK) is another failed IT project that could have life-changing consequences.
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Our report, ‘e-Visas: Hostile and Broken’ reveals flaws in the rollout and implementation of the scheme.
Without a physical or saved digital proof of status, migrants will be exposed to data errors, system crashes and Internet outages.
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG.
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🚨 e-Visas = the making of a digital Windrush scandal.
Our report finds this digital-only proof of status will expose millions of migrants to error-prone systems, leaving them unable to prove their right to be in the UK.
We must #stopEvisas.
Read now ⬇️
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ORG was at the Liberal Democrat (UK) conference last weekend to raise awareness of the dangers of the e-Visa scheme.
It was great to meet Will Forster MP and share our concerns.
Join our campaign to #stopEvisas today ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/stop-e-visas/
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Will you help prevent a digital Windrush scandal?
We're calling on the UK government to #stopEvisas. Flaws in the scheme's rollout and implementation could mean migrants can't prove their right to be in the UK.
Join almost 500 people in writing to your MP.
#migrants #digitalrights #ukpolitics
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
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What are the problems with the e-Visa scheme?
🔴 Flaws in the rollout
🔴 Accessibility barriers
🔴 Technical glitchesOur explainer breaks down why we're calling on the UK government to #stopEvisas and prevent a digital Windrush scandal.
Find out more ⬇️
#migrants #digitalrights #ukpolitics
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/stop-e-visas-and-digital-windrush-scandal/