Refugees: Courts weigh in on use of facial recognition technology

By Lorne Waldman (July 23, 2024, 3:29 PM EDT) -- The recent decision of the Federal Court in Ali v. Canada (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), [2024] FC 1085, has brought attention to the practice of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) using facial recognition technology and photo comparisons to prove that refugees misrepresented their identity....