DoNotPay "robot lawyer" can now help refugees apply for asylum protection

[Jos]

DoNotPay, the Facebook Messenger chatbot that has assisted over 200,000 people in challenging unfair parking fines, has followed through with an update that now helps fill in an immigration application in the US and Canada. For those in the UK, it helps them apply for asylum support.

The chatbot works by asking users a series of questions in plain English to determine if they're eligible for asylum protection under international law and which application should be filled out. It then takes down the necessary details to automatically fill out the corresponding application. Once the application form is filled and sent out the details are deleted from the chatbot’s end.

Navigating through the asylum protection process is more complicated than it sounds, so developer Joshua Browder spent months talking to lawyers, making sure it got things right. He says his hope is that DoNotPay will "allow anyone to have a right to safety, regardless of the ability to afford a lawyer."

The service is currently available through Facebook Messenger only. Browder admits there are some limitations to this platform, such as the lack of end-to-end encryption for chatbots and the fact that it’s not as popular as WhatsApp internationally. Aside from assistance with asylum protection and parking tickets, DoNotPay can also sort out issues regarding housing, delayed flights and payment protection insurance.

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[davislane1]

This will be viable for all of about 5 years, after which the walls erected in America and Europe shall thwart the invasion.

 

[Uncle Al]

This will be viable for all of about 5 years, after which the walls erected in America and Europe shall thwart the invasion.

This will be viable for all of about 5 years, after which the walls erected in America and Europe shall thwart the invasion.

Yeah, they said the same things about the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Maginot Line, the DMZ between the Koreas and a lot of others. Every educated person knows that fixed barriers simply do not work. Those that are the most determined will find a way. The only workable solution is for the home country to create jobs and careers that encourage people to stay home .....

 

[psycros]

This will be viable for all of about 5 years, after which the walls erected in America and Europe shall thwart the invasion.

This will be viable for all of about 5 years, after which the walls erected in America and Europe shall thwart the invasion.

Yeah, they said the same things about the Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, the Maginot Line, the DMZ between the Koreas and a lot of others. Every educated person knows that fixed barriers simply do not work. Those that are the most determined will find a way. The only workable solution is for the home country to create jobs and careers that encourage people to stay home .....

The Great Wall worked flawlessly until traitors opened the gate for the invaders. Pretty relevant lesson for our times, eh? However, you're not wrong on your second point - true change can only come from within. Imagine if Mexico wasn't corrupt top to bottom. They would probably have the second most powerful economy in the Western hemisphere and have little desire to leech off their neighbor. Foreigners would be able to walk the streets of Guadalajara without fear once more, tourism would return and Mexico could probably do more to empower the southern Americas than Bolivar himself.

 

[davislane1]

Every educated person knows that fixed barriers simply do not work.

Any 'educated' person would immediately cite the Great Wall of China as a historical example and Israel's wall as a modern one. They would also call you out on being demonstrably uneducated on such matters.

 

[Uncle Al]

Any 'educated' person would immediately cite the Great Wall of China as a historical example and Israel's wall as a modern one. They would also call you out on being demonstrably uneducated on such matters.

Apparently your education is somewhat lacking. If you ever visited the wall or the museum in Beijing (I have been to both years ago), it is clearly stated that throughout the walls history there have been many breeches. You also need to study your history on Israels wall since the Palestinians created a maze under and through the wall, which was prominently documented on television when the Israelites went through and destroyed them in the last great incursion.

 

[davislane1]

Apparently your education is somewhat lacking. If you ever visited the wall or the museum in Beijing (I have been to both years ago), it is clearly stated that throughout the walls history there have been many breeches. You also need to study your history on Israels wall since the Palestinians created a maze under and through the wall, which was prominently documented on television when the Israelites went through and destroyed them in the last great incursion.

You are arguing that security can be breached so there should be no security. This isn't even a rational argument. It's like saying people shouldn't put locks on their doors because criminals will just break in through the window.

The point of enforced borders and border walls is to reduce intrusions, which they most demonstrably do.

 

[mojorisin23]

Any 'educated' person would immediately cite the Great Wall of China as a historical example and Israel's wall as a modern one. They would also call you out on being demonstrably uneducated on such matters.

Apparently your education is somewhat lacking. If you ever visited the wall or the museum in Beijing (I have been to both years ago), it is clearly stated that throughout the walls history there have been many breeches. You also need to study your history on Israels wall since the Palestinians created a maze under and through the wall, which was prominently documented on television when the Israelites went through and destroyed them in the last great incursion.

Illogical argument. Before the Berlin Wall for example, 3.5 million people went from east to west. For nearly 30 years after its erection, only an estimated 5,000 attempted to cross. Seems like it worked fairly well to me...