Technology A Lifeline to Europe's Refugees

Refugees check their mobiles aboard a ferry traveling from the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos to the Athens' port of Piraeus, Sept. 10, 2015. (AP)

A Syrian refugee burst into tears while contacting her father in Syria to inform him that she arrived safely on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sept.11, 2015. (Reuters)

Alvand, 18, from Kobani, Syria, takes a picture of his friends as they walk along a railway track after crossing into Hungary from the border with Serbia near the village of Roszke, Sept. 5, 2015. (Reuters)

People consult a map on a cell phone as they walk in the direction of Austria, Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 5, 2015. (AP)

A migrant carrying his child uses his mobile phone as he walks through fields with others next to a collection point near the Serbian Hungarian border in Roszke, Hungary, Sept. 13, 2015. (Reuters)

In this photo taken on Aug. 31, 2015, a Syrian refugee checks on his cell phone the distance to the Hungarian border as he travels by train from Belgrade to the northern Serbian town of Subotica. (AP)

Migrants charge their mobile devices at an improvised shelter inside a concert hall in Wiesen, Austria,  Sept. 13, 2015. (Reuters)

A reugee uses his phone as he waits for buses bound for Austria and Germany, along the M1 highway near Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 5, 2015. (Reuters)