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NEW REPORT: The hostile environment is coded into the UK digital immigration system.
Migrants are stressed out by this complex and faulty system.
Access to housing, work and services hangs in the balance with little support from the Home Office.
Read more ⬇️
#migrants #migrantrights #immigration #evisa #ukpolitics #ukpol
The eVisa scheme is a digital-only proof of your right to live and work in the UK.
Technical glitches and data errors have a human impact – deep anxiety, fear and exclusion.
Most harmed are migrants with limited digital literacy, language barriers, disabilities and caring responsibilities.
#migrants #migrantrights #immigration #evisa #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK digital immigration system makes others act as an arm of the State.
Migrants often encounter employers, landlords, airline carriers and border officials who lack understanding of share codes or digital immigration processes.
Migrants have an unfair burden to fix what's beyond their control.
#migrants #migrantrights #immigration #evisa #ukpolitics #ukpol
Migrants need to be able to prove their immigration status in any situation.
The UK Home Office must follow the recommendations of ORG and other campaigners.
Migrants need an offline version of their status that can be saved, like a QR code or print out.
Tell your MP to stop the next Windrush Scandal ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
#migrants #migrantrights #immigration #evisa #ukpolitics #ukpol
“The Home Office [UK] can take immediate steps to reduce the anxiety that migrants are experiencing by giving them the safety of a physical or digital back up that will allow them to prove their status in any circumstances."
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG
Read more about the new report 'Excuded by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants' ⬇️
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/evisa-visa-rules-uk-share-code-migrant-b2878011.html
#migrants #migrantrights #evisa #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Home Office has failed migrants.
The eVisa scheme is founded on an incomplete and misleading Data Protection Impact Assessment, meaning foreseeable risks were not mitigated.
ORG has brought together 19 civil society groups to call on the ICO to formally investigate the resulting data protection breaches and accessibility issues.
Read our open letter ⬇️
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
The UK eVisa scheme is a digital-only system that checks immigration status in real time.
The DPIA is misleading. It claims eVisas are part of a 'digital by default' transformation that people can choose to use.
But it removes all physical documentation and users can't opt out of digital methods.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
The UK eVisa scheme has been riddled with data errors. This represents a huge breach of sensitive data and a system failure.
Migrants are prevented from proving their legal status and locked out of accounts with little Home Office support.
They can't prove their right to work, rent, study, travel or access services. The DPIA should have identified and mitigated these risks.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
The open letter also argues that the UK Home Office failed to assess or mitigate:
🔴 Risk of face images being used for matching, automated checks or shared with third parties that may combine them with other datasets.
🔴 Risks to people without smartphones or who are digitally excluded because of disability, their age or socio-economic reasons.
🔴 Risks to people subject to partner coercion.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
"“In its DPIA, the [UK] Home Office failed to assess the risks that a digital only scheme brings."
“If the Home Office had identified some of these risks [of the eVisa scheme], migrants may not have experienced the same levels of distress and hardship that we have seen over the last year."
"The Information Commissioner's Office must investigate.”
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG.
#dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice #ico
"The [UK] Home Office failed to assess the risks that a digital-only [eVisa] scheme brings, particularly for those who are vulnerable, older, or disabled. It is also misleading in its assessment of the scheme as digital by default.”
🗣️ @sarahalsherif for ORG
Read more about our open letter to the ICO signed by 19 civil society groups ⬇️
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/ico_home_office_evisa/
#ico #evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
Our pressure on the government to back down on Digital IDs worked.
But as long as it remains a government project, our data and privacy is at risk. The fight isn’t over.
Become an ORG member today and join the movement to protect digital rights ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights
Even if it's voluntary, Digital ID still creates a surveillance infrastructure.
This could be expanded later on as a requirement to access public services.
As we've seen with eVisas, digitalising interactions with the UK State without physical backups creates serious problems.
The UK government's climbdown over mandatory Digital ID is a victory for ORG and other groups that warned of the threats to everyone's civil liberties.
BUT questions still remain.
Despite this latest U-turn, neither the scheme nor the giant pricetag have gone away entirely.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/13/government-rolls-back-digital-identity-card-plans
#DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID #digitalrights
We need more transparency about when and how AI is being used in the UK asylum process.
We need to know what safeguards are in place to prevent errors and who is accountable when AI gets it wrong.
Without these vulnerable people will be harmed and these tools will be rolled out across government.
#AI #asylum #mirgants #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalhostileenvironment
The use of AI tools to clear the asylum backlog prioritises speed over accuracy.
The UK Home Office’s own evaluation reveals that 9% of AI-generated summaries were so flawed they had to be removed from the pilot.
And 23% of caseworkers lacked full confidence in the tools’ outputs.
#AI #asylum #mirgants #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalhostileenvironment
The UK Home Office has a track record of using controversial tech to target migrants.
They're not even telling people that AI is being used on their asylum application.
Using these tools in critical situations without safeguarding, transparency and accountability could lead to fatal results.
#AI #asylum #mirgants #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalhostileenvironment
The digital hostile environment spreads with AI in the UK asylum process.
AI isn't neutral. It can be easily tweaked to produce preferred results.
Alongside the UK Home Office's ever-increasing hostile narratives, we ask how can migrants trust such automation?
#AI #asylum #mirgants #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalhostileenvironment #homeoffice
The UK needs digital sovereignty to keep our communications, banking, energy, travel and healthcare systems secure.
If we stay dependent on foreign tech firms for our digital infrastructure, the UK risks its independence and resilience.
Sign our petition ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty
The future doesn’t need to be orange.
Foreign States have been using their control over digital infrastructure to wield power.
Even historic allies aren’t reliable.
We need #DigitalSovereignty in the UK to keep our systems running.
Read more about our campaign ⬇️
Hidden within the UK Online Safety Act is the spy clause that threatens encryption on messaging apps.
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
We spoke to Computer Weekly about some of the privacy threats coming up in 2026 ⬇️
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636751/Privacy-will-be-under-unprecedented-attack-in-2026
#e2ee #encryption #ofcom #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol
Our systems aren't secure if foreign powers can pull the plug.
The UK is dangerously reliant on a few foreign tech companies for critical digital infrastructure.
We need open-source systems that we can control.
Sign the petition for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty
#opensource #ukpolitics #ukpol #trump #cybersecurity #cybersecuritybill
Expanding facial recognition without proper safeguards in place puts our rights on the back foot.
We should be able to walk down the street without being ID’d at every step.
The UK Parliament must wake up and halt the march of this tech with its questionable accuracy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r7pwpgeweo
#facialrecognition #police #policing #ukpolitics ukpol #surveillance #privacy
Say No to Digital ID 🚫
Nearly 3 million people signed the petition against Digital ID. Next Monday, MPs will debate this 4th largest petition in British history.
Tell your MP (UK) to attend the debate and stop digital surveillance.
Use our tool ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-digital-ids
#NotoDigitalID #DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID
At a whopping £1.8 billion, Digital ID is costly to the UK taxpayer and our rights.
This divisive scheme wasn't on Labour’s manifesto. It’s the last thing this government should be embarking on during a cost of living crisis.
The whole thing needs to be binned.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/digital_id_cost/
#NotoDigitalID #DigitalID #privacy #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol
Can a toddler be a terrorist?
A shocking new report has found that babies and toddlers have been referred to the UK's controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016.
ORG has shown that data collected under the Prevent programme is widely shared and retained for years even when referrals are marked ‘no further action’. Lives are being impacted from an absurdly young age.
Read more from Hyphen:
https://hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/babies-referred-to-prevent-counter-terror-islamist/
UK politics, digital ID [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Dear Estonian government: could you please schedule an embarassing leak of all digital ID records for sometime in the next few weeks? That would really help us out.Censorship creeps onwards 🤐
Ignoring issues with the UK Online Safety Act, the government is using Henry VIII powers to engulf more content.
Aimed at blocking 'self-harm' content, algorithms will misidentify support resources and content will vanish behind age gates.
https://www.digit.fyi/uk-gov-to-toughen-online-safety-act-against-self-harm-content/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
The cybersecurity wrecking ball is turning to VPNs ‼️
It's dangerous to attack a tool that can help to keep adults and children safe online.
Age-gating this tech for UK users would increase cybercrime and put under 18s at a greater risk of predators.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #VPN #cybersecurity #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
"No matter your age, the [UK] Online Safety Act will restrict the content available to you online.”
“Adults are being forced to hand over information to unregulated age verification providers in order to get the uncensored version of social media apps such as X, Reddit and Bluesky.”
🗣️ ORG's Sara Chitseko.
https://theface.com/society/online-safety-act-palestine-young-voters-democracy-uk-politics
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification #freedomofexpression #privacy