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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Controversial ai facial recognition age checks to be used on migrants at uk border - You Need To See This

Controversial AI facial technology will be used to check the age of small boat migrants when they arrive at UK borders from next year, the Home Office has announced.

The technology will be used on asylum seekers just after they have arrived in Britain, having made the perilous journey across the Channel, at the reception centre in Western Jet Foil, Dover.

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