 My name is Ana Maria Topan. I'm a PhD researcher in sociology, but I'm currently doing research at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. And my topic is the journey, the refugee take from the country of origin to the country of destination, the focus on how the journey transforms subjectivities and what kind of challenges it brings. My research focuses on the journey of the refugees, which is a subject sort of under-researched because the approaches are most of them nation-wide or international relations. But that's why I decided to to have this special approach because I wanted to focus on the voices of the refugees, on their experiences, on what kind of resources they develop during the journey and what can they bring to the country of destination. The methodologies that I use were interviews with refugees from reception centers in Munich, expert interviews with international organizations like UNHCR or Habitat for Humanity, also expert interviews with representatives from the government, from the federal government of Germany on migration of refugees and also on the Bavarian government of migration and refugees and also reports from international organizations or discourse analysis on media and social media articles. My main discovery was that the agency of the refugees is crucial. They are not merely pawns in a political game between European states or Middle East. They have managed to go through a life-threatening situation. They have managed to take their destiny in their own hands to be resourceful, to be innovative and that brings a huge asset to the communities that will welcome them and also to the loved ones and how once they return. Impact means a lot of things but I think the communication is very important. Communication was defined as human rights by the Convention of Human Rights by the UN Convention and during my research I discovered that these human rights should be leveled at the same weight with the right for shelter, the right for food, the right for humanitarian assistance and what people say is that there is a mediatic consensus that regarding the refugee crisis that communication was beneficial, the communication was something to be desired but I think we have passed that moment. Communication is needed. Communication is a necessity and it should be provided for and because it's a life-changing matter. More visibility, the access to internet, the possibility to use social platforms like Facebook or WhatsApp gave the refugees a huge visibility globally so that in turn led to a debate, to a solidarity movement like refugees welcome in Germany and also what is taking place now in Greece but this visibility made possible by the use of technology is necessary because it brings out a debate between users and that shifts the debate from the top to the bottom to the bottom to the to the level of the citizens because the debate especially in Germany around refugees and migrants is very instrumentalized by political actors which they don't hesitate to capitalize on fears of foreigners so having a large debate among the public doesn't matter which side they take but it's a healthy it's a healthy component of a functioning democracy. I was very motivated to take part in the conference because as I point out during my research I discovered the huge importance of technology in saving lives ultimately and I was interesting to to find out different approaches, different experiences that helped me develop the subject further, understand it and maybe receiving tools to to use it in my research.