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Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America

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4:30 pm February 2023
Add to Calendar 2023-02-22 16:30:00 2025-05-02 16:59:22 Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

CSIS - Human Rights Implications of Migration Management Technology

Amal El Ouassif, International Relations Specialist, will be speaking at a panel on “Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America” during the conference under the theme “ Human Rights Implications of Migration Management Technology” organized by the Center For Strategic & International Studies - CSIS.

As the United States and Europe address the growing challenge of managing migration flows, they have significantly expanded their engagement with migration origin and transit countries, including in providing and supporting the deployment of sophisticated technology to understand, monitor, and influence the movement of people across borders. While many migrants rely on technology to connect with others and locate critical information and aid throughout the migration process, technology also enables governments to track migrants long before they reach their destination country. Without proper safeguards and human rights due diligence, the misuse of technology is an impending danger to both migrants and those with intentions to migrate. An upcoming report, co-authored by CSIS’s Human Rights Initiative and the Project on Fragility and Mobility, analyzes the use and exportation of migration management technologies by origin countries, as well as the human rights risks associated with these uses. It then provides recommendations for origin, transit, and destination governments as well as businesses supplying technology for migration management.

 

This event is taking place virtually on the 22nd of February.

 

Speakers
Amal El Ouassif
International Relations Specialist
Amal El Ouassif is an International Relations Specialist  at the Policy Center for the New South. Prior to this, she worked as a program coordinator at the Westminster Foundation for Democracy and served as a consultant in development policies with the office of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Morocco. She is also a former bluebook trainee in the Directorate General of Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion in the European Commission in Brussels. Amal has a Master of Art in EU’s International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Master in Development Studies from UPMF-Grenoble. Her area of interest include Africa- Europe cooperation and migration. ...