12 Sep 2015

Refugee Tech

From This Way Up, 12:50 pm on 12 September 2015
Matthew Brunwasser on assignment in Bulgaria.

Matthew Brunwasser on assignment in Bulgaria. Photo: Nikolay Doychinov

With millions of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe and elsewhere, how cheap mobile technology is transforming the experience of migrants and refugees worldwide.

Smartphones are making it easier to find where your nearest and dearest are, to avoid arrest, and to work out what the safest and cheapest way is of getting from A to B.

Matthew Brunwasser's been looking at how migrant and refugee groups are using GPS, mapping, instant messaging and social media for The New York Times.