Forced Migration Review
Digital technologies are transforming our lives. Forcibly displaced people are using digital technologies in ways that inform and shape their migration and settlement in new places; and there are new opportunities for accessing training and income-generating activities online. At the same time, digital technologies are being used on (or against) forcibly displaced people. Complex predictive modelling, geolocation tracking on mobile phones, biometric data use and dissemination, digital financial systems and the use of artificial intelligence in decision-making are among the digital technologies discussed in this issue. The foreword by Jessica Bither and Jassin Irscheid from the Robert Bosch Stiftung's migration team addresses the decisions made today about digital architecture and their impact on the security, privacy and agency of people on the move. They also raise the question of whether we are meeting this responsibility appropriately.
