The Migration and Technology Monitor Fellowship
At the MTM, we firmly believe that lived experience IS expertise. This is why in 2023 we started the first-of-its-kind Fellowship for people crossing borders, supporting projects that interrogate migration and technology. From investigations on the surveillance of journalists to the creation of psycho-social archives to building knowledge platforms for migrant workers, so far we have incubated 16 colleagues-on-the-move.
What have we been up to?
In November 2025, we hosted our first Global Gathering in Nairobi, Kenya. Up until this point, our project ran entirely online, but for three days, we were able to meet to scheme and dream together on how to build a different world. Read our report to learn more about our methodology, the Gathering, and where we hope to go next.
But…a report is not enough!
Instead, our Fellows decided to take it one step further and co-created the MTM Manifesto, an action document of demands and a tool for the community. To complement a static version in the report, we have also created an ‘online sculpture’ - an interactive document for communities with lived experiences of migration to engage with, comment on, disagree with, and craft together.
Read the static Manifesto
What do our Fellows think?
Want to learn more about the work of our Fellows? Check out their articles on Open Democracy!
Fake visas and complex databases: Tech’s role in exploiting migrant workers - Rajendra Paudel
A broken lifeline: Fixing humanitarian aid’s missing link - Mathew Lubari
Life beyond the stats: The refugees reclaiming their stories - Simon Drotti
Healing beyond borders: Digital mental health support for refugees - Aqila Abdelkarim Ali
Israeli border tech is not about security, it’s a tool for ethnic cleansing - Issa Amro
Nothing about us, without us: Reclaiming power in an age of border technology - MTM Team