Phones are now indispensable for refugees
Technology has made migrating to Europe easier. Over time, it will also make migration easier to manage
SOMETIMES Hekmatullah, a 32-year-old Afghan, has to choose between food and connectivity. “I need to stay in touch with my wife back home,” he says, sitting in a grubby tent in the Oinofyta migrant camp, near Athens. Because Wi-Fi rarely works there, he has to buy mobile-phone credit. And that means he and his fellow travellers—his sister, her friend and five children—sometimes go hungry.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Migrants with mobiles”
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