The Take: Is AI paving the way for anti-refugee EU borders?

AI at Europe’s borders prompts fears of refugee camps becoming high-tech detention centres, threatening asylum rights.

A Greek national flag and a European Union flag flutter inside a newly inaugurated closed-type migrant camp on the island of Samos, Greece, September 18, 2021 [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Artificial intelligence-powered border enforcement, funded by the European Union, could become Europe’s new normal. From the “smart” Greece-Turkiye border at Evros to Samos’s high-tech refugee camp, critics warn it’s a crackdown on migration that puts asylum rights at risk.

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Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Chloe K. Li, with Ashish Malhotra, Tamara Khandaker, Sarí el-Khalili, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Alexandra Locke, Sarí el-Khalili and Noor Wazwaz. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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