Red Cross Red Crescent magazine 
‘You are safe’
For migrants lost in the middle of the sea, after fleeing persecution and war, these three words mean all the world.
For migrants lost in the middle of the sea, after fleeing persecution and war, these three words mean all the world.
A tale of two migrants, finding their way under the looming cloud of Covid-19 in a world where they are considered ‘illegal’ – cut off from friends, family and basic social benefits.
As humanitarian groups have rushed to embrace new technologies, biometric data such as eye, finger and palm scans have become a common method for humanitarian organizations to track aid during emergencies. But is the humanitarian sector fully ready to protect this most personal form of data?