Technologically mediated resilience for and by refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the already existing marginalization of displaced peoples. It is within the pockets of marginalization experienced by this population that technologies played a key role in enabling resilient health responses to the pandemic. Health and humanitarian workers turned to telemedicine, mobile applications, and other online platforms to provide services to refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. Similarly, displaced populations themselves deployed technologies within their communities to fill in systemic gaps within national response plans. This chapter presents such initiatives as that of technologically mediated resilience and then unpacks the challenges faced when technologically mediating resilience for and with displaced populations. Lastly, the chapter highlights ways forward as we consider how technologies can contribute to transformative resilience that addresses the root causes of the marginalization of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants.