Refugees exhibit diverse uses and appropriations of ICTs, with no standard approach to leveraging them for employment aspirations. However, the prevalent digital precarity and social vulnerability experienced by refugees in certain contexts constitute significant limiting factors in their safe and effective entry into the job market.

Refugee women seeking digital employment face barriers that prevent them from achieving digital livelihoods, while humanitarian initiatives promote idealized visions that overlook refugee women's fragile internet access. This disconnect raises unrealistic hopes about the accessibility, inclusivity, fair income, and compatibility of digital economies with domestic responsibilities.

The digitisation of work and the economy are imperatives of our times and it is positive that more projects are emerging in migratory contexts with the aim of integrating people into these new dynamics. However, adapting these projects based on refugees' experiences and aspirations is essential. Decentralizing guidelines for digital work in refugee contexts can shift the debate to consider social/digital inequalities, gender violence, and the need for public policies supporting the care economy.