Mobile technology, in particular, is proving to be a lifeline for refugees risking their lives to flee violence and desperation in Syra, Iraq and Afghanistan and find a better life in Europe.
Technology A Lifeline to Europe's Refugees
- By Aida Akl
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A migrant carrying his child uses his mobile phone as he walks through fields with others next to a collection point near the Serbian Hungarian border in Roszke, Hungary, Sept. 13, 2015. (Reuters)
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In this photo taken on Aug. 31, 2015, a Syrian refugee checks on his cell phone the distance to the Hungarian border as he travels by train from Belgrade to the northern Serbian town of Subotica. (AP)
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Migrants charge their mobile devices at an improvised shelter inside a concert hall in Wiesen, Austria, Sept. 13, 2015. (Reuters)
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A reugee uses his phone as he waits for buses bound for Austria and Germany, along the M1 highway near Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 5, 2015. (Reuters)
