Algorithms are deciding immigrants' fates, and neglecting their rights Apolitical

This opinion piece was written by Petra Molnar and Samer Muscati, of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto. It also appears on our refugees and migration newsfeed. The detention of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in every single case presented; the wrongful deportation of 7,000 foreign students accused of cheating on a language test; racist or sexist discrimination based on social media profile or appearance -- what do these seemingly disparate examples have in common? In every case, an algorithm made a decision with serious consequences for people's lives. Algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) are starting to augment human decision-making in Canada's immigration and refugee system, with significant implications for the fundamental human rights of those subjected to these technologies.