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AI facial recognition to estimate age of asylum seekers posing as children - AOL
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (554+ words) The Home Office is poised to implement artificial intelligence facial recognition technology to determine the age of asylum seekers who claim to be children. Harlow-based IT firm Akhter Computers has secured a "322, 000 contract to supply "an algorithm that can accurately…...
Almost 1, 000 migrants cross Channel over bank holiday - AOL
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (310+ words) Almost 1, 000 migrants crossed the English Channel over the bank holiday weekend, latest Home Office figures show. A total of 989 people arrived in the UK in 14 boats between Friday and Monday, after almost a fortnight without any crossings. It means more…...
AI facial recognition to check age of asylum seekers from next year - AOL
12+ hour, 37+ min ago (695+ words) An AI facial recognition tool that aims to detect adult migrants posing as children will be deployed at the UK's borders next year. The Home Office says the technology will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game…...
More than 600 migrants cross Channel in one day - AOL
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (278+ words) More than 600 people crossed the Channel on small boats on Saturday, making it the second busiest day for crossings so far this year. Home Office figures show 602 migrants arrived in Dover on nine boats, bringing the total number of arrivals…...
Kemi Badenoch claims many migrants crossing the Channel are not "refugees" " what do the figures actually show? - AOL
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (118+ words) Kemi Badenoch has claimed that "a lot" people arriving in the UK illegally are "not refugees" and instead choose Britain because they see it as a "soft touch." Speaking to LBC, the Conservative leader said: "I think a lot of…...
Complaints as Montenegro embassy moves into house - AOL
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (451+ words) Residents in Westminster, central London, have complained after the Embassy of Montenegro moved into a family home in the middle of their street. Locals say the embassy moved into the building eight months ago and began displaying the flag of…...
Greens candidate claims she was told to withdraw over student visa - AOL
1+ week, 2+ day ago (619+ words) A Scottish Green Party member says she was asked to stand down as a candidate because of her student visa status, despite another candidate in the same situation being allowed to run. Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan said she was "let…...
On London's streets, facial recognition tests the balance between security and liberty - AOL
1+ week, 30+ min ago (867+ words) LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Tourists, shoppers and office workers in a busy London street on an ordinary weekday found themselves part of a digital identity check as live facial recognition cameras scanned faces against a police watchlist. The operation was an…...
Labour MPs "to urge ministers to scrap migration reforms" as net migration set to drop to lowest level since Covid - AOL
1+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) The government could face pressure from Labour MPs to abandon its immigration reforms after this week's figures, which are expected to show that net migration has declined to its lowest level since the pandemic. The Office for National Statistics (ONS)…...
Voters express concerns over 'brain drain' - AOL
1+ week, 1+ day ago (497+ words) Voters in part of the island have expressed concerns about a lack of further education and employment opportunities for young people in Jersey. The BBC spoke to residents in St John, St Lawrence and Trinity as part of a roadshow…...