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The migratory journeys of birds can reflect the same complexity of issues that trigger and affect human displacement.
FMR 58 - The new world of work and the need for digital empowerment
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About this Episode
References are often made to forced migrants’ digital literacy, including use of smartphones to organise journeys and communicate once at their destinations. Other digital skills, including those relating to the workplace, are of greater relevance.
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