Technology

The index for the cross-cutting issue “technology” is structured on the basis of the following sub-topics:

Technology in the context of migration and impacts on migrants

• 2022 edition, chapter 1 on "Technological, geopolitical and environmental transformations", pp. 5-6
• 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 168-169  
• 2022 edition, chapter 7 on "International migration as a stepladder of opportunity", p. 196
• 2022 edition, chapter 8 on "Disinformation about migration", pp. 217-218 and 224-226 
• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", pp. 256, 270, 272 and 276-278 
• 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", p. 195 
• 2020 edition, chapter 8 on "Children and unsafe migration", p. 231
• 2020 edition, chapter 9 on "Human mobility and adaptation to environmental change", pp. 262-263 
• 2020 edition, chapter 10 on "Migrants caught in crises", pp. 287-288  
• 2020 edition, chapter 11 on "Recent developments in global governance", p. 304 
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", pp. 160-169 
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 187-189  
• 2018 edition, chapter 8 on "Media reporting of migration and migrants", p. 192 

Use of technology by migrants (including innovation)

Financial platforms and mobile money (including for international remittances)    

• 2022 edition, chapter 2 on a "Global overview of migration and migrants", p. 44 
• 2022 edition, chapter 3 on "Regional dimensions and developments", p. 123 
• 2022 edition, chapter 5 on "COVID-19’s impact on migration, mobility and migrants globally", pp. 167-168 
• 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", pp. 172-173 

For social connectivity and information     

• 2022 edition, chapter 10 on "Human trafficking in migration pathways", p. 270 
• 2018 edition, chapter 6 on "Mobility, migration and transnational connectivity", p. 159  
• 2018 edition, chapter 7 on "Understanding migration from migrants' perspectives", pp. 176-178 
• 2018 edition, chapter 9 on "Migration, violent extremism and social exclusion", p. 214 

Other uses   

• 2020 edition, chapter 5 on "Migrants' contributions", p. 169, 174, 177-178 and 182-183
• 2020 edition, chapter 6 on "Migration, inclusion and social cohesion", pp. 194 and 203-204