The present report complements the Special Rapporteur’s prior report to the Human Rights Council, entitled “Racial discrimination and emerging digital technologies: a human rights analysis”, and aims to highlight how digital technologies are being deployed to advance the xenophobic and racially discriminatory treatment and exclusion of migrants, refugees, and stateless persons. In some cases, discrimination and exclusion occur in the absence of explicit animus, but as a result of the pursuit of bureaucratic and humanitarian efficiency without the necessary human rights safeguards. The report also notes that vast economic profits associated with border securitization and digitization are a significant part of the problem.
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