Racial and xenophobic discrimination, emerging digital technologies, and border and immigration enforcement A/75/590

Continuing the analysis of the Special Rapporteur’s June 2020 report on racial discrimination and emerging digital technologies, this report focuses on the border and immigration enforcement context where digital technologies are deployed. It reports that governments and international organisations, including UN agencies, are developing and using digital border technologies in ways that are uniquely experimental, dangerous, and discriminatory, subjecting refugees, migrants, stateless persons and related groups to human rights violations. The report urges States and corporations to adopt non-discriminatory practices and provide transparency in the design and deployment of digital technologies.