Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Short pieces:

Bringing Efficiency to Greater Heights: UNHCR Malaysia’s Digital Gateway Self-Service Kiosk (UNHCR Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

How AI learns, and what it misses: why data selection matters in humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

"Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps," The Guardian, 2 Sept. 2025 [text]

ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir, a New AI System, to Track Immigrants’ Movements (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2025) [text]

- See also related Amnesty International news report.

Technocolonialism – digital control and refugee resistance in humanitarian settings (LSE Review of Books Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

UK Plans AI Experiment on Children Seeking Asylum (HRW, July 2025) [text]

Voices of resilience: How storytelling is changing young lives in Nigeria (UNHCR Innovation, Aug. 2025) [text]

Reports:

Digital Transformation of Asylum and Reception Systems, Situational Update, no. 23 (EU Agency for Asylum, Sept. 2025) [text]

From Surveillance to Empowerment: Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Refugee Law Lab & International Detention Coalition, Sept. 2025) [access]

- See also video of the report launch.

Privacy in peril: safeguarding digital data in humanitarian blockchain initiatives (Humanitarian Practice Network, Aug. 2025) [text]

Sudan’s information war: How weaponised online narratives shape the humanitarian crisis and response (CDAC Network, Sept. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (5 Aug. 2025)