Humanitarian Action

Connectivity is not a luxury for refugees. It is a lifeline

A migrant uses his mobile phone carrying his child as he walks through fields with others next to a collection point near the Serbian Hungarian border in Roszke, Hungary September 13, 2015.      REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

In a world of total connectivity and unlimited data, we need to link refugees to the resources they need Image: REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

Filippo Grandi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR)
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