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The Rohingya people face the threat of loss of their own ethnic identity. A new digital archive offers a means of preserving documents and other material related to Rohingya cultural heritage, but this innovative project is also fraught with challenges.

This article discusses real-world projects using algorithms to match resettled refugees with sponsors and services. The authors argue that when done right, algorithms can support larger-scale and better-informed resettlement.

Host countries hold considerable powers to place forced migrants under surveillance, but, as this case study from Thailand illustrates, forced migrants may use what agency they have to launch digitally mediated counter-surveillance and reconnaissance.

From the social media movement ‘Now You See Me Moria’ to the Hope Art Project, refugees in Lesvos are using digital platforms to disrupt restrictive legislation, practices and discourses inflicted on them by state authorities.

This article aims to raise awareness and build understanding of the impact of the digitalisation of border spaces on Venezuelan refugees.

Refugees that attempt to use digital media for resistance face barriers, including algorithmic censorship and harassment, that solidify their position in the political margins. This demonstrates the need for greater transparency, accountability and democracy in digital governance.

Humanitarian organisations are increasingly calling for the decolonisation of the sector, but this often overlooks colonialities reproduced by technology. By scrutinising the deployment and ubiquity of biometric technologies in the sector, this article seeks to reinvigorate sincere efforts towards decolonisation.

Cash-based interventions may have the potential to foster empowerment, autonomy and self-reliance, but unequal implementation and politics surrounding biometric-enabled cash assistance threaten the chances of achieving these aims.

Registration on the database of refugees in Kenya has placed Kenyan nationals at risk of statelessness. This article discusses how this came about and considers the importance of data security, privacy and subject rights.

This article outlines the circumstances that led to the ejajot (informed consent) of many Rohingya refugees not being taken during the joint verification exercise, which ultimately led to the biometric registration of almost a million Rohingya people.