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Digital technology is omnipresent in the refugee’s migration journey. Thus, biometric registration of refugees is resorted to by the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in camps and drones are used to map the latter. In addition, artificial intelligence is mobilized at borders and by asylum qualification bodies.
This situation is a source of challenges and opportunities for the protection of the fundamental rights of refugees and for the respect of the right to asylum.
Sandrine Turgis is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Rennes and the Director of the Master 2 International Affairs at the local (M2 AFIL) ath this University.
She researches on the relationships between international refugee law and new technologies where she has published the following: Sandrine Turgis (dir), Les données numériques des migrants et des réfugiés sous l’angle du droit européen, PUR, Rennes, 2020, 236 pages; Sandrine Turgis, « Les systèmes d’information à grande échelle au carrefour de la politique du numérique et des politiques en matière d’asile, d’immigration et de contrôle des frontières », in Brunessen Bertrand (dir.), La politique européenne du numérique, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2023, pp. 441-456.
- Speaker
- Sandrine Turgis
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- School of Law
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- Hybrid Event (On Campus Venue - A21)