Open Rights Group: SI is embedded in the UK Home Office's immigration work; a watchdog is considering an inspection
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The state is using SI more widely in decisions about people, and demand for public oversight of it is growing.
According to a report by Open Rights Group (ORG), based on the department's publications, freedom-of-information requests and MPs' questions, SI is used to detect sham marriages, assess the age of asylum seekers, check the contents of arrivals' phones, monitor borders (facial recognition, drones, satellites), summarize interviews and prioritize cases through the Ipic tool. The report is backed by MPs from Labour, the Scottish National Party and the Green Party. According to Wired, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) asked ORG for materials and is considering an inspection of the use of generative SI in asylum applications; the inspectorate said it will announce its plans together with its annual priorities. A Home Office spokesperson said that every decision is made by trained caseworkers and SI only helps them work with interview records and policy materials.