CRISIS
Technology
Top down implementation
Identity
Lack of legal identity and recognition
Authority
Controlled by multilateral and state actors
DEVELOPMENT
Technology
Emerging tech landscape for surveillance and inclusion
Identity
Provisions for legal identity and social inclusion
Authority
Controlled by state actors, with a growing bottom-up presence
Key Frameworks
We are building key frameworks that will help us better analyse and understand the implications of our findings and design possible solution pathways and recommendations.
INTEGRATION
Technology
Established technologies for various use-cases
Identity
Provisions for legal identity, inclusion and legal recourse
Authority
Diverse actors providing services to meet migrant needs.
1.Stages of Migration Response
Through our case studies, we see that stakeholder responses and system priorities are impacted by the stage of mixed migration
Reading and understanding the existing landscape
Extensive review of academic and gray literature, current discourse and emerging areas of exploration
Listening and learning from experts
Conversations with diverse expertise across academia, public and private sector, community actors, and policymakers
Building partnerships and thought leadership
Writing and thought partnerships; Field and community engagement; Ecosystem solidarities
Focalising diverse lived experiences
Identifying key communities and information sources; Visibilising and incorporating on-ground experiences through FGDs, Key Informant Interviews and Surveys
Taxonomising and evaluating findings and learnings
Building analysis frameworks and designing possible solution pathways and stakeholder-specific recommendations
Through an evolving Community of Practice we intent to bring together people interested in this domain that allows for developing and sustaining invigorating work and discussions. We are also very excited to showcase existing work by the community in this space.
If you work at the intersection of Migration x Technology and would like to be a part of this Community of Practice group or have interesting work you would like to share and showcase, we would love to hear from you - please email us at contact@aapti.in.
Community of Practice
Insights
Case Studies
Our landscaping through these criteria led us to select four case studies: the first three are trajectory-driven and region-specific human migration journey and the fourth focuses on emerging stakeholdership and bottom-up digital efforts
Accessibility of Information
Narrowing case studies based on availability of critical information for landscaping, analysis, and accessibility to field sites for further exploration
Location
Identifying cases across diverse geographies, density of movement, and regulatory environments
Migratory Stage
Identifying cases from flux and movement to integration and assimilation, that impact stakeholder responses and migration systems priorities
Vulnerability
Identifying cases across varying degrees of human vulnerabilities including migration drivers, type of crisis, gender, economic and political factors
Technological Innovation
Identifying cases across a spectrum of prevalent and emerging novel digital systems in migration management and development
01
Digital negotiations in Student Migration : Infrastructures and impact
There exists robust digital systems for management and assimilation of students within the EU borders but there are key challenges in sustainability of these interactions and systems - compounded by high risks due to disproportionate and overcollection of personal data.
02
Digital integrations across porous borders : Nepalese migrants in India
Mostly economic Nepali migrants, free movement is enabled through the porous borders between Nepal and India. However, they are unable to meaningfully integrate and assimilate into the socio-economic fabric of the host country.
03
Digital mediation and technologies in forced displacement : Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Described as the “most persecuted minority in the world”, Rohingya refugees are living amongst and navigating systems of heightened surveillance and exclusion; varying stakeholder interests and priorities are aligned at continuing to respond to and manage the crisis as opposed to solving for development and welfare needs of the community.
04
Technologies of Resistance : An emerging digital layer in human migration
There are a growing number of community-build digital systems for migration to fill gaps in information, welfare and development needs, and generate bottom-up resistance anchored in rebalancing power in migration data systems.
Key Frameworks
We are building key frameworks that will help us better analyse and understand the implications of our findings and design possible solution pathways and recommendations.
Stages of Migration Response
Through our case studies, we see that stakeholder responses and system priorities are impacted by the stage of mixed migration
CRISIS
Technology
Top down implementation
Identity
Lack of legal identity and recognition
Authority
Controlled by multilateral and state actors
DEVELOPMENT
Technology
Emerging tech landscape for surveillance and inclusion
Identity
Provisions for legal identity and social inclusion
Authority
Controlled by state actors, with a growing bottom-up presence
INTEGRATION
Technology
Established technologies for various use-cases
Identity
Provisions for legal identity, inclusion and legal recourse
Authority
Diverse actors providing services to meet migrant needs.
REStech
To think about how to redesign technology for mixed migration, we are working with the following framework
PONSIBLE
RES
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Technology that respects human dignity and privacy.
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Built on transparency and trust.
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Involves community participation.
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Addresses needs through community participation.
ILIENT
RES
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Technology that is agile, scalable, flexible and interoperable.
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Empowers community members to negotiate for systems based on their needs.
PONSIVE
RES
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Technology that is adaptable and accessible for mixed migration journeys.
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Utilised to fulfil unmet needs in innovative and diverse ways.
ISTANCE
RES
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Technology to combat exclusion and abuse of power; reduce risk and minimise harm.
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Creating affirmative spaces for community support.
Events and Publications
What purposes and interests anchor the build, design and use of these infrastructures?
EXPLORE
How can we redistribute value from digital systems and data infrastructures back to the community?
DESIGN
How do data infrastructures intersect with people on the move with varying vulnerabilities?
IDENTIFY
Who is currently deriving and directing value from these infrastructures?
MAP
Our Approach
VISIBILISE
What is the digital and data infrastructure landscape in mixed human migration?
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Events and Publications
ILIENT
RES
Technology that is agile, scalable, flexible and interoperable
PONSIVE
RES
Technology that is adaptable and accessible for unique and mixed migration journeys without compounding vulnerabilities
REStech
To think about how to redesign technology for mixed migration, we are working with the following framework
ISTANCE
RES
Technology that is designed to combat exclusion and abuse of power, reduce risks and minimize harm to people on the move
PONSIBLE
RES
Technology that respects individuals rights and dignity & is transparent
Mixed Methodolgy
Aapti uses doctrinal and non-doctrinal methods of research
