Zoe Gardner’s transcript and interview (JCWI)

This transcript records an interview with Zoe Gardner of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), conducted for the Migrant Digital Justice Toolkit. It covers JCWI and Foxglove's successful legal challenge to the Home Office's opaque visa-streaming algorithm, which used a red/amber/green system that JCWI argued produced racially discriminatory outcomes. Gardner discusses how the case was identified, the challenges of building data and digital expertise within a migrants' rights organisation, and the value of cross-sector partnerships (including with Open Rights Group and benefit-system researchers). The interview is particularly useful for civil society organisations considering strategic litigation or cross-sector collaboration to contest algorithmic decision-making, though it is specific to the UK immigration context and reflects one organisation's experience.