The UK government's new casework database, Atlas, has mismatched people's identities in 70,000 records.
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The UK government's new casework database, Atlas, has mismatched people's identities in 70,000 records.
With 4 million people needing e-Visas, even a small error rate creates a vast number of people wrongly denied access to work, services or entry to the UK.
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Home Office immigration database errors hit more than 76,000 people
Names, photos and immigration status being mixed up, preventing people applying for jobs and housing
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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The switch to e-Visas at the end of 2024 creates a system where a person's right to be in the UK can glitch out.
Or get turned off by the UK Home Office in real-time as soon as it thinks there might be a reason to do so.
It's a digital Windrush scandal in the making.
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Broken e-Visa scheme could lead to digital Windrush scandal
A new report by digital rights campaigners, Open Rights Group, has warned that the Government’s e-Visa scheme could lead to a digital Windrush scandal where people who have the right to be in the UK are unable to prove it, with life-changing consequences.
Open Rights Group (www.openrightsgroup.org)