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== Session teaser ==
== Session teaser ==
In light of discussions in Workshop 2, if human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of minorities - in particular migrants, refugees and newcomers to Europe - to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?
In light of discussions in [http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_2:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%281%29_-_Internet_access_and/as_human_rights_for_minorities Workshop 2], if human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline ([http://www2.nycbar.org/vancecenter/images/stories/vancecenter/unhrc.pdf UNHRC 2014]) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers to Europe to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?


== Session description ==  
== Session description ==  
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But providing internet and mobile phone access to these communities raises a number of questions for policy makers and service providers, be it for physical access and online service provision for people on their way to safety, whilst awaiting the outcome of their applications throughout the world, or for their needs such as education and information on public services once resettled. This flash panel brings together a range of views and expertise on the legal and technical challenges that arise when providing internet access and mobile phone provisions to refugees.
But providing internet and mobile phone access to these communities raises a number of questions for policy makers and service providers, be it for physical access and online service provision for people on their way to safety, whilst awaiting the outcome of their applications throughout the world, or for their needs such as education and information on public services once resettled. This flash panel brings together a range of views and expertise on the legal and technical challenges that arise when providing internet access and mobile phone provisions to refugees.


Who protects asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented people's human rights online, if they fear/are in conflict with both their home countries and EU countries? - The interaction with politics and legal situation. Including fear and myths about digital surveillance 'I can be tracked even in my phone is off', internet access in detention/immigration removal centres/camps, Facebook profiles and online content being used in asylum cases, lack of the right to work thus preventing those with technical and other skills from using them.
[http://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Talk:WS_10:_Confronting_the_digital_divide_%282%29_-_Refugees,_human_rights_and_Internet_access Read more...]
These themes include, but are not restricted to the following issues, and in light of the outcomes of Workshop 2:
*The refugee crisis had brought the issue of access on one side and, on the other, technological innovations in the service of humanitarian relief to a new level of debate; e.g. many apps are being developed which is leading to a fragmentation of initiatives. These offers then suffer from issues in terms of the quality of content (is it accessible, verified, updated?) and other terms of use. Meanwhile, humanitarian workers on the field, both from international and local organizations, lack adequate technical training to allow them to understand the potential misuse, or risks related to how refugees actually use their personal devices, or mobile apps. This can lead to personal and sensitive data being shared because of urgency but without suitable safeguards based on human rights norms for access and use of the internet.
*Who provides access and online services for populations in urgent need and in temporary and traumatic circumstances? What needs to be done to clarify the respective roles and appropriate balance between the work of UN agencies and commercial service provision of internet access in refugee camps? When does urgency outweigh larger issues around ownership and control, appropriate human rights provisions for these circumstances?
*How can policy-makers and humanitarian aid-workers respond to assumptions that refugees are more likely to be IT illiterate or functionally illiterate and thereby unable to enjoy the range of services that European citizens take for granted? Should internet access come before food/cloths and housing, is this an either/or under the circumstances?
*How can access to the internet be combined in sustainable ways with existing human rights frameworks such as the right to education, privacy, and cultural diversity? In light of points raised in Workshop 2, how can public access in institutions such as libraries be developed in order to bring new citizens into contact with other services (e.g. language support, help with up-skilling and jobs, and of course support in learning how to use online services available to other citizens)?
*In cases where access to social media, or to communications platforms like VOIP provide crucial social tools for people to mitigate the dislocation they experience when disconnected from their normal social environment, how can access be enhanced and encouraged to enable these necessary interactions for being able to flourish within a new environment?
*What is the private sector’s role in providing this digital divide at all points of a refugee’s journey to safety? What are these service providers’ obligations with respect to host governments? E.g. who should provide WiFi access to large populations on the move, and on which terms?
*How do these practical solutions relate to more intransigent issues e.g. the intersection of existing socioeconomic inequalities with digital exclusion and howq these are both exacerbated for asylum seekers, migrants and refugees?
*Where to distinctions such as age, education, gender hierarchies, language needs, or knowledge about terms of consent to free services require particular attention for newcomers?
*In terms of knowledge and awareness about the current crisis, and how refugees are perceived in an increasingly hostile way, how can the internet provide spaces for individual and community expression of experience, testimonies by asylum seekers, and other undocumented people in order to address the tensions and conflicts around developing humane policies for refugees arriving, and those settling in Europe?


This workshop is in tandem with workshop 2. Themes discussed will draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program: '''ID [http://goo.gl/4WC2gp 11]; [http://goo.gl/yqKML0 55]; [http://goo.gl/4XNaty 60]; [http://goo.gl/zEQHx8 90]; [http://goo.gl/b1lnai 30]; [http://goo.gl/2ScMdo 33]; [http://goo.gl/nZ2mlo 41]; [http://goo.gl/5Jlo2s 132]'''
This workshop is in tandem with workshop 2. Themes discussed will draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program: '''ID [http://goo.gl/4WC2gp 11]; [http://goo.gl/yqKML0 55]; [http://goo.gl/4XNaty 60]; [http://goo.gl/zEQHx8 90]; [http://goo.gl/b1lnai 30]; [http://goo.gl/2ScMdo 33]; [http://goo.gl/nZ2mlo 41]; [http://goo.gl/5Jlo2s 132]'''
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== Further reading ==  
== Further reading ==  
'''Until 30 April 2016.''' Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents. Please note we cannot offer web space, only links to external resources are possible.
Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents.


== People ==  
== People ==  
Name, institution, country of residence
*'''Focal Point''': Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
*'''Focal Point''': Marianne FRANKLIN, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London), UK
*'''Key participants'''
*'''Key participants'''
** Fatuma Musa Afrah; Civil society (tbc)
**Kiamars Baghbani, IFLA (Finland)
** David Krystof, Freifunk Rhein-Main; Civil Society (tbc)
**Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition; Academic
** Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition; Academic  
**David Krystof, Freifunk Rhein-Main; Civil Society
** Nick Ashton-Hart - Technical Community (tbc)
**Fatuma Musa Afrah; Civil society
** Amnesty International Sweden Representative (tbc)
** Youth Representative
*'''Moderator''': Julia Reda, MEP (European Pirate Party)
*'''Moderator''': Julia Reda, MEP (European Pirate Party)
*'''Remote moderator''': RUTH HENNELL (Youth/UK)  
:'''Co-moderator''': Sebastian Raible
*'''Remote moderator''': Ruth Hennell (Youth, UK)  
*'''Org team'''  
*'''Org team'''  
:*'''Marianne Franklin''', Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths, UK
**Charles McCathie-Nevile, Yandex
:*'''Frederick Donck''', ISOC  
**Andreas Palmqvist, Civil Society (Sweden)
:*'''Maarit Palovirta''', ISOC
**Didier van der Meeren, Le Monde des Possibles ASBL
:*'''Wolf Ludwig''', EuroDIG Programme Director
**Dixie Hawtin, Minority Rights Group International
:*'''Julia Brungs''', International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
**Frederick Donck, Internet Society (ISOC)
:*'''Stuart Hamilton''', IFLA
**Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/IRP Coalition)
:*'''Stephen Wyber''', IFLA
**Julia Brungs, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)  
:*'''Julia Reda''', MEP
**Julia Reda, MEP
:*'''Sebastian Raible''', European Parliament
**Justus Roemeth, European Parliament
:*'''Mattias Bjarnemalm''', European Parliament
**Karmen Turk, TRINITI Estonia
:*'''Justus Roemeth''', European Parliament
**Maarit Palovirta, ISOC
:*'''Olivier Crepin-Leblond''', GIH
**Marianne Franklin, IRP Coalition/Goldsmiths
:*'''Didier van der Meeren''', Le Monde des Possibles ASBL
**Mattias Bjarnemalm, European Parliament  
:*'''Charles McCathie-Nevile''', Yandex
**Olivier Crepin-Leblond, GIH  
:*'''Hanane Boujemi''', Hivos/IRP Coalition)
**Ruth Hennell, Youth/University of Cardiff
:*'''Ruth Hennell''', Youth/University Cardiff)
**Sebastian Raible, European Parliament
:*'''Dixie Hawtin''', Minority Rights Group International)
**Stephen Wyber, IFLA
:*'''Valentina Vale''', One World Platform
**Stuart Hamilton, IFLA
**Valentina Pellizzer, One World Platform  
**Wolf Ludwig, EuroDIG Programme Director
**Yuliya Morenets, TaC International
*'''Reporter''': Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)
*'''Reporter''': Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)


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Contact: ws10@eurodig.org
Contact: ws10@eurodig.org


== Remote participation ==
== Video record ==
[https://youtu.be/j7ysl5O_K3Q See the video record in our youtube channel]


== Transcript ==
[[Transcript: Confronting the digital divide (2) - Refugees, human rights and Internet access]]


== Final report ==   
== Messages ==   
Deadline 2016
* Acts of terrorism being used to justify excessive forms of control and denial of full access for refugees/newcomers in atmosphere of racism and xenophobia
* Now that internet is crucial for right to information, education, health services, employment, and well-being need to denounce curtailment of full internet access in detention centers that deprives refugees legal assistance and communication with families and thereby their human rights.
* Public authorities and intermediaries cannot continue to delegate access provisions of key services to volunteers from civil society.
* One size does not fit all e.g. need to recognize specific needs such as safe and equitable access for women, and young girls, safe spaces online and offline, to sustain learning, confidence, and mental health.
* All service providers and governments have a duty of care towards providing realistic access for these vulnerable communities. This includes not subjecting them to privacy intrusions, disproportionate monitoring of uses, or restricting access to social media tools.
* Need to generate alternative narratives to enable offline and online rights for refugees i.e. to combat cultural stereotypes, racist assumptions about needs at local and national level.
* Outcome was initiation of an inventory of positive initiatives responding to the actual communication and information needs of refugees in Europe. Link to pad on [http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/ 1] and [https://senf.piratenpad.de/Eurodig16 2]


== Session twitter hashtag ==   
== Session twitter hashtag ==   
Hashtag:
Hashtag: #eurodig16 #refugeesinternet


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Session teaser

In light of discussions in Workshop 2, if human rights indeed should apply online as they do offline (UNHRC 2014) then what sort of techno-legal and sociocultural challenges arise in order to enable, and protect the rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers to Europe to access the internet and, once online, to be able to participate fully in the online environment?

Session description

For some commentators a striking feature of the current refugee and migrant crisis is how central a role mobile phones and internet access play in providing information, and contact with family back home as they seek refuge from war and conflict. Keeping these devices working, and being able to use various sorts of social media, is a vital lifeline for displaced persons on the road. They also play an integral role in being able to start a new life as newcomers in another part of the world.

But providing internet and mobile phone access to these communities raises a number of questions for policy makers and service providers, be it for physical access and online service provision for people on their way to safety, whilst awaiting the outcome of their applications throughout the world, or for their needs such as education and information on public services once resettled. This flash panel brings together a range of views and expertise on the legal and technical challenges that arise when providing internet access and mobile phone provisions to refugees.

Read more...

This workshop is in tandem with workshop 2. Themes discussed will draw on the following submissions to the EuroDIG program: ID 11; 55; 60; 90; 30; 33; 41; 132

Keywords

refugeerights, internetaccess, netrights, humanrights, refugeesandminorities, digitaldivide, digitalinclusion, disabilityrights, publicaccess

Format

Roundtable Discussion with key participants, and invited audience members; Proposed output to be up to 6 recommendations to the European Parliament, EC and Council of Europe.

Further reading

Links to relevant websites, declarations, books, documents.

People

  • Focal Point: Marianne Franklin, Internet Rights and Principles Coalition/Goldsmiths (University of London, UK)
  • Key participants
    • Kiamars Baghbani, IFLA (Finland)
    • Marianne Franklin, Goldsmiths/Internet Rights and Principles Coalition; Academic
    • David Krystof, Freifunk Rhein-Main; Civil Society
    • Fatuma Musa Afrah; Civil society
  • Moderator: Julia Reda, MEP (European Pirate Party)
Co-moderator: Sebastian Raible
  • Remote moderator: Ruth Hennell (Youth, UK)
  • Org team
    • Charles McCathie-Nevile, Yandex
    • Andreas Palmqvist, Civil Society (Sweden)
    • Didier van der Meeren, Le Monde des Possibles ASBL
    • Dixie Hawtin, Minority Rights Group International
    • Frederick Donck, Internet Society (ISOC)
    • Hanane Boujemi, Hivos/IRP Coalition)
    • Julia Brungs, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
    • Julia Reda, MEP
    • Justus Roemeth, European Parliament
    • Karmen Turk, TRINITI Estonia
    • Maarit Palovirta, ISOC
    • Marianne Franklin, IRP Coalition/Goldsmiths
    • Mattias Bjarnemalm, European Parliament
    • Olivier Crepin-Leblond, GIH
    • Ruth Hennell, Youth/University of Cardiff
    • Sebastian Raible, European Parliament
    • Stephen Wyber, IFLA
    • Stuart Hamilton, IFLA
    • Valentina Pellizzer, One World Platform
    • Wolf Ludwig, EuroDIG Programme Director
    • Yuliya Morenets, TaC International
  • Reporter: Valentina Pellizzer (One World Platform)

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Conference call. Schedules and minutes

Both Workshop 2 and 10 have emerged out of an interactive drafting and conferral process online

Supplementary discussions via the email list.

Mailing list

Contact: ws10@eurodig.org

Video record

See the video record in our youtube channel

Transcript

Transcript: Confronting the digital divide (2) - Refugees, human rights and Internet access

Messages

  • Acts of terrorism being used to justify excessive forms of control and denial of full access for refugees/newcomers in atmosphere of racism and xenophobia
  • Now that internet is crucial for right to information, education, health services, employment, and well-being need to denounce curtailment of full internet access in detention centers that deprives refugees legal assistance and communication with families and thereby their human rights.
  • Public authorities and intermediaries cannot continue to delegate access provisions of key services to volunteers from civil society.
  • One size does not fit all e.g. need to recognize specific needs such as safe and equitable access for women, and young girls, safe spaces online and offline, to sustain learning, confidence, and mental health.
  • All service providers and governments have a duty of care towards providing realistic access for these vulnerable communities. This includes not subjecting them to privacy intrusions, disproportionate monitoring of uses, or restricting access to social media tools.
  • Need to generate alternative narratives to enable offline and online rights for refugees i.e. to combat cultural stereotypes, racist assumptions about needs at local and national level.
  • Outcome was initiation of an inventory of positive initiatives responding to the actual communication and information needs of refugees in Europe. Link to pad on 1 and 2

Session twitter hashtag

Hashtag: #eurodig16 #refugeesinternet