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The dangers of border technology for refugees | Fixing Aid
The dangers of border technology for refugees | Fixing Aid
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How are mass surveillance, biometric data, and other high-tech border measures affecting refugees and migrants? In this episode of Fixing Aid, host Alae Ismail speaks to a Latinx community organiser and migration researchers on the use of border and surveillance technology aimed at stopping refugees and migrants from crossing European and American borders. She also hears from people on the move who share what it feels like to be watched and tracked at all times. Guests: Cinthya Rodriguez, national organiser at Mijente; Niamh Ni Bhriain, War and Pacification coordinator at the Transnational Institute; Petra Molnar, lawyer associated with the Migration and Technology Monitor and associate director of the Refugee Law Lab at York University.
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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