The Internet is only truly open and free when everyone has access to it. In the Netherlands, this is often insufficiently the case for refugees and migrants. While there is an enormous need here. This project wants to do something about this, starting with the technical development of WiFi hotspots, so that these groups are no longer forced to use their mobile data bundles for the internet. (Call 2 - 2015)

The project has been completed (December 2016) . The project realized internet access at two locations in Amsterdam where asylum seekers and refugees reside. In addition, the Refugee Hotspot was also developed, an open source portable device that allows refugees and asylum seekers without a permanent residence to access the internet. Read the blog ' Internet everywhere and for everyone with the Refugee Hotspot' for more information.

The interest in the Refugfee Hotspot was immediately so great that as a follow-up to this project, we are looking at how it can also be used outside the Netherlands.

Would you like to contribute to the Refugee Hotspot? You can sponsor, buy or build the hotspot yourself via https://refugeehotspot.net.

Image (edited): Free Wi-Fi Zone / Erin Pettigrew / CC BY