Use of Information and Communication Technology in Creating an Inclusive Participatory Environment for Migrants: An Enumerative Review

Abstract

This paper discusses the links between the use of ICTs for attainment of human development and how it helps migrants to blend and contribute to the development in their host countries. It looks at roles of ICTs on migration opportunity and its outcomes. As guiding questions, the paper provides explanations to the following questions; In what ways are migrants making use of ICTs in their host countries? What important roles have these technologies come to play in their lives? What are the positive and negative implications of the ICTs roles in human mobility? How are ICTs used in both regular and irregular migration; in maintaining family relations, in sustaining cultural identities, and in supporting a family from abroad and in creating an environment of inclusiveness for migrants in their host countries? Using secondary data, the paper professes that ICTs have not replaced older forms of communication, but that they have greatly increased the range of available options for communications and they have created a lot of job opportunities and an inclusive participatory environment for migrants in their various host countries. The paper concludes that governments and civil society have roles to play in working to increase access and use of ICTs. The paper recommends that the skills necessary for use of ICTs and the infrastructure necessary for their access should be made available in all countries of the world.