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      Logistical tools for refugees and undocumented migrants: smartphones and social media in the city of Fès

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            This article reports findings from fieldwork and analyses the impact of mobile technologies and social media on increasing migration flows in Morocco, particularly in the city of Fès. The role of smartphones as a means to support the use of maps, global positioning apps and the use of social media like Facebook and WhatsApp have become essential tools for refugees and undocumented migrants. This article focuses on these logistical aspects, intended as constantly changing adaptations between life-forms and interactions with the social, political and economic conditions to which migrants are exposed. Logistics is understood as the nexus between migrants and these various logistical tools, influencing their mobility and identities, as well as modifying the organisation of communities and cities (of provenance, transit and destination).

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            Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50010512
            Journal ID (jcode): workorgalaboglob
            Title: Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN: 1745-641X
            ISSN: 1745-6428
            Publication date (Print): 1 April 2019
            Volume: 13
            Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.issue-1 )
            Pages: 62-78
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            Publisher ID: workorgalaboglob.13.1.0062
            DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.1.0062
            SO-VID: e8fc78aa-d26e-49c3-9062-6eeb852610e1
            Copyright © © Moha Ennaji and Filippo Bignami, 2019
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            ScienceOpen disciplines: Sociology,Labor law,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics
            Keywords: logistics,refugees,migrants,smartphones,citizenship,social media,Fès city,Morocco

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