Danish Asylum Adjudication using Deep Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing

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TheDanishasylumadjudicationprocedure isatwo-tiered system,withtheImmigrationServicemakinginitialdeterminationsand theDanishRefugeeAppealsBoard(RAB)automaticallyappealingcases thatarerejected.Thisstudyaimstoemployadeepneuralnetwork(DNN)basedNaturalLanguageProcessing(NLP)pipeline topredictasylum decision-makingoutcomesusingadataset of over 15,515DanishasylumdecisionsprovidedbytheDanishRefugeeAppealsBoard(RAB) betweenJanuary1995andJanuary2021.Thisresearchseekstoimprove theperformanceandeffectivenessofdecision-makinginasylumcasesby addressingkeychallenges,suchasmodelingtheasylumdecision-making problemusingNLP-basedDNNsanddealingwithclassimbalanceissues. OurpreliminaryresultsindicatethatDNN-basedNLPpredictivemodels arecapableof learningmeaningful representationsofasylumcaseswith highprecisionandrecall,particularlywhenclassweightsareconsidered thanthebaselineDNNmodel.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDanish Asylum Adjudication using Deep Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing
Number of pages14
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-13
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2023

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