July 25, 2024

Digital divide risks cutting Venezuelans out of new life in Colombia

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The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) hailed the 10-year Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on offer as the region’s most important humanitarian gesture in decades. The only problem was that about half of the people it aimed to help couldn’t work out how to get near it. “I don’t have access to the internet or a high-end smartphone, and I’m not good with technology,” said Gonzalez, after his initial elation waned in the face of technology. By Anastasia Moloney. Full Text-> NationalPost

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