Petra Molnar, Borders and Pandemics: Surveillance Won’t Stop the Coronavirus (The Ethics of COVID) by C4eRadio: Sounds of Ethics

As governments increasingly move toward biosurveillance to contain the spread of the pandemic, we are already seeing an increase in tracking, automated drones and other types of technologies presented as viable solutions to manage the outbreak and control migration. However, if previous use of technology is any indication, refugees and people crossing borders will be disproportionately targeted. Virus-killing robots, cellphone tracking and artificially intelligent thermal cameras can all be used against refugees and people crossing borders, with far-reaching results and impacts of various human rights.