New InfoAid app makes life easier for modern-day migrants
- 9 years ago
Modern technology is a must for today’s migrants
In Vienna, free WiFi and SIM cards, courtesy of several businesses, have helped refugees equipped with smartphones to navigate their route, glean vital information and keep in touch with home.
“I am talking with my family on WhatsApp about traffic and problems on the street and on borders,” said Syrian refugee Khaled Aloosh.
Hence the value of a new made-to-measure app for those crossing continents.
InfoAid provides multilingual practical advice for the long journey and crisis management. It is the brainchild of a Hungarian couple unhappy at the information being provided by authorities there.
Hungary activists race to help migrants by smartphone http://t.co/ig0qLNeZhN pic.twitter.com/UwmFwUqMAI— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) 19 Septembre 2015
Nina Kov, one half of the partnership, said: “In one case at Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, we showed the app to refugees, and that is how they found out that Germany was imposing c
In Vienna, free WiFi and SIM cards, courtesy of several businesses, have helped refugees equipped with smartphones to navigate their route, glean vital information and keep in touch with home.
“I am talking with my family on WhatsApp about traffic and problems on the street and on borders,” said Syrian refugee Khaled Aloosh.
Hence the value of a new made-to-measure app for those crossing continents.
InfoAid provides multilingual practical advice for the long journey and crisis management. It is the brainchild of a Hungarian couple unhappy at the information being provided by authorities there.
Hungary activists race to help migrants by smartphone http://t.co/ig0qLNeZhN pic.twitter.com/UwmFwUqMAI— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) 19 Septembre 2015
Nina Kov, one half of the partnership, said: “In one case at Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, we showed the app to refugees, and that is how they found out that Germany was imposing c