Migrants and refugees usually depend on social media to navigate their approach throughout borders, as do human trafficking networks.
Social media platforms have grow to be extra than simply avenues for sharing updates or staying in contact with family members for migrants and refugees; they’ve remodeled into lifelines. Some use social media to assist navigate their approach throughout borders or doc their experiences. Nevertheless, legal gangs additionally use these platforms to promote harmful crossings, and human trafficking networks abuse social media to lure victims. On this episode, we uncover how social media are impacting migrant journeys.
Presenter: Myriam Francois
Visitors:
Carlos Eduardo Espina – immigrant rights activist and legislation scholar
Zoe Gardner – impartial migration coverage researcher, advocate and author
Femi Nylander – poet, actor, filmmaker and writer