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- RRN Research Digest -
Special issue on Displacement and COVID-19
April 1st, 2020
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A message from the RRN editorial team:
The novel Coronavirus has rapidly and drastically changed everything about our
daily lives. Its effect on the global scale is by far any less. We want to make
sure refugees and displaced populations (as well as other vulnerable
populations) are not overlooked during this pandemic. In this special issue we
have curated news, material and resources that address the implications of
COVID-19 on displacement (populations and policies). The objectives of this
effort are to:
- To learn from the past about epidemics, outbreaks and health among refugee
populations.
- Keep the impact of COVID-19 on displaced populations at the center of
public and policy discussions.
- Respond to anti-immigration rhetoric during the pandemic and leverage it
afterwards.
- identify local and global responses and solutions to support refugee
communities.
- Trace resources that can support refugees, sponsors, researchers and
frontline workers.
- Find ways to stay connected through physical distancing.
While there hasn’t been a lot of peer-reviewed work published yet (especially
in social sciences) about COVID-19 and displacement, we encourage you to point
us to or share with us any relevant contributions, resources or virtual events
to include in the digest and share with our wide network and social media
followers. Use the button below.
Stay safe, stay connected,
Dina Taha and RRN digest editorial team
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Featured
COVID-19 and the Displaced: Addressing the Threat of the Novel Coronavirus in
Humanitarian Emergencies, Refugees International.This new global report surveys
how this global pandemic is impacting—and will continue to impact—more than 70
million refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), and other forced
migrants around the world. “The scale and speed of the pandemic underscore how
deeply interconnected the world’s populations are. Nevertheless, at precisely
the moment when global solidarity and cooperation are essential, many nations
are turning inward as they seek to protect their citizens. But a virus does not
respect borders. Nor does it discriminate. A truly effective response, not to
mention a morally correct one, also must not discriminate”Read the full report
here.
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What have we learned from the past?
1- Elias, C. J., Alexander, B. H., & Sokly, T. (1990). Infectious disease
control in a long-term refugee camp: the role of epidemiologic surveillance and
investigation. American Journal of Public Health. This report demonstrates the
role of epidemiologic surveillance and investigation in the control of
infectious diseases in a long-term refugee camp. Read more.
2- Truman, B. I., et al (2009).Pandemic influenza preparedness and response
among immigrants and refugees.American Journal of Public Health,99(S2),
S278-S286. Vulnerable populations and their service providers need information
to overcome limited resources, inaccessible health services, limited English
proficiency and foreign language barriers, and inexperience applying
recommended guidelines. This article summarizes advice from an expert panel of
public health scientists and service program managers. Read more.
3- Spiegel, P. B., & Nankoe, A. (2004). UNHCR, HIV/AIDS and refugees:
lessons learned.Forced migration review,19, 21-23. Refugees are often doubly
discriminated against firstly, for simply being refugees and secondly for being
falsely accused of bringing HIV/AIDS with them into host countries. In order to
reduce stigmatization and to ensure that the whole population has access to
HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions, UNHCR is working to ensure that
refugees are integrated into host government HIV/AIDS policies and programmes.
Read more.
4- Wickramage, K., et. Al. (2018). Missing: where are the migrants in
pandemic influenza preparedness plans?.Health and human rights,20(1), 251.
Evidence indicates that social stigmatization and anxieties generated by
restrictive immigration policies hinder undocumented immigrants’ access to
health rights and minimizes immigrants’ sense of entitlement to such rights.
Read more.
How is COVID-19 affecting displaced populations and migration policies?
6- Canada’s changing coronavirus border policy exposes international
students’ precarious status, Carlo Handy Charles, The conversation, March 19,
2020. Carlo analyzes the repercussions of Canada's border closure on temporary
residents, such as international students in Canada and abroad. We have learned
that Shortly after Carlo’s commentary, the Canadian government responded and
passed guidelines making it clear that international students were exempted
from the travel restrictions. Read more.
7- Changes to the asylum and immigration process due to Covid-19, Right to
Remain (March 25): Because of the Coronavirus public health crisis, there have
been some temporary changes to the asylum and immigration process in the UK.
This blog post tracks the most important ones. Read more.
8- The world’s largest refugee camp prepares for COVID-19, by Gaia Vince,
BMJ: British Medical Journal (March 25, 2020). Nearly a million refugees live
in overcrowded conditions in the camps of south Bangladesh. This article
reports on the growing fears of an imminent, catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19
from overcrowding to poor sanitary conditions and tracks UN efforts to respond.
Read more. Also related check: Rohingya refugee camps a Covid-19 time bomb.
9- Crisis within a crisis: immigration in the United States in a time of
covid-19, By Muzaffar Chishti and Sarah Pierce, Migration Policy Institute,
March 26, 2020.The anxiety triggered by the pandemic for long-term residents
and recently arrived immigrants alike, legal and unauthorized, is exacerbated
by fear of immigration enforcement, suspension of immigration benefits
processing, and the high number of asylum seekers and other migrants in
immigration detention. Read more.
10- Five Ways COVID-19 Is Changing Global Migration, by Erol Yayboke, Center
for Strategies and International Studies (March 25, 2020). This article traces
how in addition to the grand disruptions to daily life, the pandemic could be
fundamentally changing the face of global migration in at least five keyways.
Including, increasing global inequality, the continuation of travel
restrictions, and an increase in “irregular” migration. Read more.
11- COVID-19: Agencies temporarily suspend refugee resettlement travel, UN
News (March 17, 2020). Two UN agencies (UNHCR and IOM) announced last Tuesday
that they are temporarily suspending resettlement travel for refugees. The
spread of the new coronavirus has seen countries drastically reduce entry into
their territories, while international air travel has been restricted in some
regions.Read more.
12- How Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Reshape Refugee and Migration Governance?
by Kristin B. Sandvik and Adèle Garnier, PRIO blogs (March 27, 2020). This blog
post identifies marginalization, legal distancing and the ambiguity of care as
the key characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic response currently reshaping
refugee and migration governance. Read more.
13- Third World refugees battle COVID-19 without basics such as clean water to
wash their hands, by Richard Warnica, National Post (March 20, 2020): Doctors
and nurses in the field face a stark dilemma: stay and serve as supplies dry up
or come home while they can, knowing they will not be replaced. Read more.
Also related check: The struggle to stay safe from COVID-19 in a refugee camp.
14- COVID-19 delays refugee hearings and puts lives in limbo by Licia
Corbella, Calgary Herald (March 21, 2020). The coronavirus forced
theImmigration and Refugee Board to postpone all in-person hearings and
mediations, other than detention reviews, effective March 17 through to April 5
at the earliest. Read here.
15- Leaving no-one behind: Ensuring people seeking asylum and refugees are
included in COVID-19 strategies, Refugee Council of Australia: (March 25,
2020):The RCOA hosted a teleconference with 65 representatives of organisations
around Australia, to bring together concerns and ideas about the most pressing
issues for people seeking asylum and refugees resulting from the COVID-19
pandemic.Read the summary here.
How Refugees are stepping-up and how might we leverage the pandemic against
anti-immigration rhetoric?
16- Refugees to the rescue? Germany taps migrant medics to battle virus,
Reuters, by Riham Alkousaa and Paul Carrel (March 25, 2020).Five years ago, the
arrival of a wave of refugees caused much consternation and fueled support for
Germany’s far-right. Now, the country is turning to its migrant community to
plug an anticipated shortage of medical staff battling the coronavirus. Read
more.
17- Covid-19: call for fast-track registration of refugee doctors in UK, by
Diane Taylor, The Guardian (March 25, 2020): Hundreds of refugee doctors have
called on the government and the General Medical Council to fast-track their
accreditation so they can help the NHS tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.
18- What happens to freedom of movement during a pandemic? By Sandro Mezzadra,
Open Democracy (March 24, 2020).This article demonstrates how Restrictive
border measures endanger the lives of vulnerable populations for whom movement
is a means of survival. “The arguments are on our side… the virus does not
respect borders.” Read more.
What are some global and local responses and solutions to the pandemic and its
effect on displacement?
19- Three ways our programmes are fighting coronavirus, Norwegian Councils on
Refugees (March 28, 2020):The NCR is tracing 3 ways they are fighting the
spread of the virus among the world’s most vulnerable communities. Read more
here.
20- Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis:this is a liveblog that traces
some of the ways that UNHCR staff, people forced to flee and supporters around
the globe are taking action to stay smart, stay safe and stay kind. Read more.
21- No Safe Place: Refugees and the Coronavirus, Kenneth E. Miller Ph.D.,
Psychology today (March 28, 2020). Raising awareness of a looming pandemic
while offering unrealistic preventive methods may heighten people’s fear and
deepen their sense of vulnerability. This article has recommendations to
support vulnerable displaced populations across the globe including delivering
clean water and soap to refugee populations as soon as possible, installing
hand-washing stations in refugee camps, and an immediate release of
Asylum-seekers held in detention centers if they pose no threat. Read more.
22- Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting COVID-19 and saving
refugee lives, By Jonathan Clayton, UNHCR News (March 27, 2020). Ann Burton,
Chief of UNHCR’s Public Health Section, outlines the dangers the new
coronavirus poses to refugees and internally displaced people and describes how
the agency is working to slow its spread, reduce its impact and save lives.
Read more. Also related, check Refugees and displaced highly vulnerable to
COVID-19.
What are some helpful resources for refugees, sponsors and frontline workers?
23- IOM Mobility Restrictions COVID-19:To better understand how COVID-19
affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has
been working to map the impacts on human mobility, at Global, Regional and
Country level. Subsequently, the IOM have initiated an interactive map that
reflects the following activities: COVID-19 Travel Restriction Monitoring and
COVID-19 Country Points of Entry (PoE) Status Baseline Assessment. Access here.
24- UN Corona Portal and News updates:Readers can find information and
guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN,
World Health Organization and UN agencies here or subscribe for daily UN news
here.
25- CCR COVID-19 Resources: The Canadian Council for refugees has curated a
list of public documents from different institutions in Canada including the
IRCC, IRB, Federal courts and UNHCR. Access here.
26- BC Refugee HubCOVID-19 Updates: The BC Refugee Hub will be curating
information about COVID-19 relating to refugees and refugee claimants in
British Columbia. This webpage will be updated regularly as more information
becomes available. Access here
27- COVID-19 Resources for Sponsors & Newcomers, Ottawa-Carlton District
School Board:This resource links to multi-language resources and factsheets on
COVID-19 that can be shared with refugee sponsors and refugees sponsored under
the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR), the Blended Visa Office Referred
(BVOR), the Joint Assistance Sponsorship (JAS) and the Government Assisted
Refugees (GAR) programs that have already arrived in Canada. Access here.
Upcoming Events (Despite physical distancing!)
28- Refugee leadership in response to COVID-19 global online
conference:Refugees are coming together to show resilience and readiness in the
response to covid-19. More information here.
29- Upcoming event, Covid-19 in Latin America: tackling health care & other
impacts for vulnerable migrant populations, MPI webinar, April 2, 2020. More
information here.
30- A webinar series as part of the new Colloquium on Refugees, Migrants &
Statelessnesson What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Refugees. The Webinar
takes place on Wednesdays April 1 from 11AM-12PM CST.More information about the
series here.
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Dina Taha
PhD Candidate - Sociology
Research Assistant
Knowledge Mobilization - Refugee Research Network
Center for Refugee Studies
York University, Toronto
Twitter: @RefugeeResearch
Latest publication: Taha, D. (2019). “Seeking a Widow with Orphaned Children”:
Understanding Sutra Marriage Amongst Syrian Refugee Women in Egypt. In
Migration and Islamic Ethics (pp. 67-91). Brill. available at:
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