Epistemic domination by data extraction: questioning the use of biometrics and mobile phone data analysis in asylum procedures.
In a growing number of destination countries state authorities have started to use various digital devices such as analysis of data captured from mobile phones to verify asylum seekers' claimed country of origin. This move has prompted some critics to claim that asylum decision-making is increasingl...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 50; no. 9; pp. 2289 - 2309 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2024
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