Many of the most vulnerable in Mexico are at higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus because of their living conditions. This is especially true for those detained in migration stations in Mexico.
Aid groups around the world are taking steps to prepare refugee camps for a potential Covid-19 outbreak as best they can.
Refugees International’s Yael Schacher joined the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility to discuss asylum at the U.S-Mexico border in the time of COVID-19.
50 organizations urge Bangladesh to act swiftly to respond to the threat of COVID-19 in the Rohingya refugee camps. The government should remove communication restrictions, halt fencing construction, and ensure personal protective equipment is available.
Refugees International joins more than 100 advocacy organizations in calling on the U.S. government to extend the validity of visas that will expire before the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
With little access to water and other basic services, advocates warn refugee camps could soon be hot spots for COVID-19.
Over the past few weeks, we have seen how the measures implemented by governments calling for quarantines, shut downs, deportations, border closures and militarization to address the emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19 are disproportionately affecting migrants and petitioners for international protections.
The world’s forcibly displaced people are among the most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus.
Displaced people need readily available and affordable Covid-19 testing and functional quarantine facilities where they live.
Using COVID-19 as a cover, the administration is making its most overt move yet to eliminate the right to seek asylum in the United States.
Coronavirus Exacerbates Dangers for Migrants in Mexican Detention
Many of the most vulnerable in Mexico are at higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus because of their living conditions. This is especially true for those detained in migration stations in Mexico.
Devex: Here’s what the COVID-19 response looks like in refugee camps
Aid groups around the world are taking steps to prepare refugee camps for a potential Covid-19 outbreak as best they can.
The End of Asylum? The New COVID-19 Border Rules
Refugees International’s Yael Schacher joined the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility to discuss asylum at the U.S-Mexico border in the time of COVID-19.
Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19
50 organizations urge Bangladesh to act swiftly to respond to the threat of COVID-19 in the Rohingya refugee camps. The government should remove communication restrictions, halt fencing construction, and ensure personal protective equipment is available.
U.S. Government Must Extend Visa Validity for Immigrants and Refugees During COVID-19
Refugees International joins more than 100 advocacy organizations in calling on the U.S. government to extend the validity of visas that will expire before the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
PRI’s The World: Families in limbo as refugee resettlement is suspended due to COVID-19
With little access to water and other basic services, advocates warn refugee camps could soon be hot spots for COVID-19.
States Across the Americas Must Guarantee the Lives and Right to Health of Migrants and Refugees in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
Over the past few weeks, we have seen how the measures implemented by governments calling for quarantines, shut downs, deportations, border closures and militarization to address the emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19 are disproportionately affecting migrants and petitioners for international protections.
COVID-19 and the Displaced: Addressing the Threat of the Novel Coronavirus in Humanitarian Emergencies
The world’s forcibly displaced people are among the most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus.
CNN: If coronavirus spreads to this population, it could be catastrophic
Displaced people need readily available and affordable Covid-19 testing and functional quarantine facilities where they live.
Washington Post: Coronavirus Can’t be an Excuse to Continue President Trump’s Assault on Asylum Seekers
Using COVID-19 as a cover, the administration is making its most overt move yet to eliminate the right to seek asylum in the United States.