'Travel now, pay later' schemes offered by smugglers seem to be increasing the risks to migrants and refugees, especially in parts of Africa. One of the dangers is being kidnapped for ransom, a business that thrives in lawless regions and traps migrants with no way out.
Four Italians have been sentenced to six months without Facebook for posting racial insults and calling for violence against asylum seekers on social media.
Polls say that migrants aren't what Germans are most concerned about. So why do the media and politicians push the topic so much? Is the AfD profiting from their mistakes? DW's Jefferson Chase takes a self-critical look.
How is fake news about the migration 'invasion' in Europe fabricated? This question formed the starting point for research by Turkish non-profit organisation Teyit into the use of false information to target refugees.
A new EU-IOM project will use data in the service of migratory policies. The project will analyse information from social networks and use it to identify migration trends.
The website, Mediafugees, provides a place for migrants to tell their stories. They can describe their journeys and paths to integration using their own words. The goal is to give migrants a voice and challenge prejudice.
The use of social media to communicate and make plans has set the ongoing migration crisis apart from previous waves of migration. But there is a dark side to services like Facebook that may harm, rather than help, its users.
With the growth of social media worldwide, more migrants are using smartphones and mobile apps to navigate their journeys. But do they have anything to fear from surveillance and monitoring of their communications?