UK Visa Streaming traffic light system

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Since 2015, the UK Home Office has filtered visa applications using an algorithmically-driven 'Visa Streaming' traffic light system.ย 

The system assigns a red, amber or green risk level to each applicant. People assigned a red risk level were more likely to be refused.ย 

The UK government stopped using the system in August 2020 after a legal challenge accused it of prioritising 'speedy boarding for white people' for the most favoured countries in the system.

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The UK Visa Streaming traffic light system is seen to suffer from several transparency and accountability limitations:

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The UK's Visa Streaming traffic light system has been criticised for racial discrimination and breach of equality and privacy law.

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Type: System
Published: March 2023
Last updated: December 2024