Home Office is accused of secretly using AI on asylum cases while its interview tool fails basic accuracy tests

AI now helps estimate asylum seekers' ages, sift migrants' phones and flag suspected 'sham' marriages, an Open Rights Group report claims. Officials routinely cite national security to stonewall freedom of information requests. Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy says asylum seekers are not even told when AI has summarised their cases. MPs are urging the Home Office to end its 'toxic record of failure'.

Live facial recognition, AI drones and satellites are now watching Britain's borders.

Tools are being built to guess small boat migrants' ages from their faces.

The report, 'Automated Discrimination', is backed by SNP's Pete Wishart and Green Siân Berry.