Source: European Parliament Think Tank

The European Parliament Think Tank briefing outlines the increasing use of artificial intelligence technologies in migration and asylum procedures within the EU. AI promises to enhance efficiency, reduce uncertainty, and improve decision-making consistency. Applications include dialect recognition to verify applicants’ origins, name transliteration, speech transcription, and case matching.

However, significant risks exist, such as inaccuracies, bias, discrimination, undermining fairness and due process, and privacy violations. The briefing emphasizes that these risks depend on the AI application type, its role in procedures, and human interaction with the technology. Although AI deployment in asylum systems is nascent, legal, social, and ethical challenges are actively debated to ensure protection of asylum seekers’ rights.