Migrants and refugees frequently 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 involved with family members for migrants and refugees; they’ve remodeled into lifelines. Some virtue social media to aid navigate their approach throughout borders or record their reviews. On the other hand, felony gangs additionally virtue those platforms to put it up for sale bad crossings, and human trafficking networks abuse social media to trap sufferers. On this episode, we find how social media are impacting migrant trips.
Presenter: Myriam Francois
Visitors:
Carlos Eduardo Espina – immigrant rights activist and legislation scholarZoe Gardner – detached migration coverage researcher, suggest and scribblerFemi Nylander – poet, actor, filmmaker and creator
