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Refugees and migration

  • Millions of Indonesian migrant workers face hardship in Malaysia amid coronavirus fallout by Max Walden and Sastra Wijaya
  • Refugee health workers lead COVID-19 battle in Bangladesh camps by Areez Tanbeen Rahman and Iffath Yeasmine in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh
  • A briefing paper on Concerns and Confusion: Afghan refugees and migrants in Turkey face COVID-related challenges every day: Afghan voices from Turkey by Simon Verduijn
  • COVID-19 Impact on International Migration, Remittances, and Recipient Households in Developing Asia by Aiko Kikkawa Takenaka, Raymond Gaspar , James Villafuerte  and Badri Narayanan
  • Refugees Are Essential to the COVID-19 Response by ADITI HAZRA
  • COVID-19: Labour migration to pose short-term challenges for power, renewable energy sectors by  Aarushi Koundal and Anshul Joshi
  • An IGC blog by Camilla Sacchetto on Pandemics amidst fragilities 
  • COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens, World bank Migration and Development Brief  
  • Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis from the UN Refugee Agency
  • Migrants and the COVID-19 pandemic: An initial analysis from the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • Migrant Remittances Will Plummet. Here Is What That Means for Global Development by Michael Clemens, Center for Global Development
  • Working paper on Potential Responses to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Support of Migrant Workers by Harry Moroz, Maheshwor Shrestha, and Mauro Testaverde, World Bank Social Protection and Jobs Unit 
  • The Overseas Development Institute’s interactive webpage on Migrant Contribution to the COVID-19 response
  • How are refugees affected byCOVID-19? By Paul Spiegel, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, discussing the critical vulnerabilities of the pandemic
  • Refugees are suffering from a “catastrophic” worldwide aid shortage by Max de Haldevang & Patrick deHahn 
  • The Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in ASEAN by  Camille Bismonte
  • Why working together on global migration is vital to pandemic recovery by Ian M. Kysel
  • Refugees: the entrepreneurs that society must support by Ahmad Sufian Bayra
  • Nepal faces a crisis as COVID-19 stems the flow of remittances by Ali Akram and Andrew Caruana Galizi
  • What we can learn from refugees in the fight against COVID-19 by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR)
  • A report from United Nations Network in Migration on Enhancing Access to Services for Migrants in the Context of COVID-19 Preparedness, Prevention, and Response and Beyon
  • Forced displacement during COVID-19: A crisis for refugees and host communities in developing countries by Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Managing Director of Operations
  • Impact of COVID-19: Can Irregular Migrants Cope? By S. Nanthin
  • Refugees in midst of COVID-19 crisis by Ferhat Küçük from Daily Sabah
  • A report on COVID-19 and economic downfall reveal migrant workers’ mental health crisis in Lebanon from  Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
  • COVID-19 shifts Peru’s internal migration into reverse by Paula Dupraz-Dobias
  • COVID-19 sparks push for immigration reform in Brazil by Isabel Diaz
  • Migrant workers in Egypt struggle after losing jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic by Emma Wallis
  • Migrants and refugees are being forgotten in the COVID-19 response. This has to change by Eric Garcett,  Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, and Bruno Covas
  • Rapid Gender Analysis for COVID-19: Gendered Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants in Thailand by Nisanee Chaiprakobwiriya, Sawinee Phuengnet, Nicha Phannajit, Sunwanee Dolah Raks Thai Foundation, A Member of CARE
  • InternationalMaldives: Covid-19 Exposes Abuse of Migrants by Human Rights Watch
  • Supporting Migrants and Remittances as COVID-19 Rages On by Saad Noor Quayyum and Roland Kangni Kpodar
  • Migrant workers in India struggle to shake off coronavirus disruption by Ankita Mukhopadhyay
  • As Covid-19 rages on, countries need to support migrant workers by Saad Quayyum and Roland Kangni Kpodar
  • Four ways refugees have kept their education going during lockdown by Filippo Grandi
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by  Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
    Immigrant women are falling behind during the COVID-19 pandemic by Amrita Hari and Luciara Nardon
  • What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants and their children? By Stefano Scarpetta , Jean-Christophe Dunmont and  Thomas Liblig
  • Dispatch from a refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic by Petra Molnar and Kenya-Jade Pinto
  • Aid cuts and Covid force Uganda refugees to brink of starvation by Samuel Okiror
  • How COVID-19 is disrupting immigration policies and worker mobility: a tracker by Michael Bertolino
  • Gaza: Coronavirus pandemic ruins youth’s hopes for a way out by Amjad Yaghi
  • Number of refugees being resettled has plummeted during Covid-19 crisis, UN reveals by Harriet Barber
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
  • Putting migrant workers at the heart of Covid-19 recovery by KRISTIN PARCO AND GRAEME BUCKLEY
  • COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – U.N. by Emma Batha
  • What we got wrong about COVID-19 and refugees by Jan Egeland, Secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by  Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
  • Immigrant women are falling behind during the COVID-19 pandemic by Amrita Hari and Luciara Nardon
  • What is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants and their children? By Stefano Scarpetta , Jean-Christophe Dunmont and  Thomas Liblig
  • Dispatch from a refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic by Petra Molnar and Kenya-Jade Pinto
  • COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat by Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi
  • Putting migrant workers at the heart of Covid-19 recovery by KRISTIN PARCO AND GRAEME BUCKLEY
  • COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – U.N. by Emma Batha
  • In Migrant Worker Hub, Thailand Sees a Rare Coronavirus Surge by Sebastian Strangio
  • COVID-19 Crisis Puts Migration and Progress on Integration at Risk by OECD
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants by International Organization for Migration
  • Who are the Women on the Move? A Portrait of Female Migrant Workers by ILO
  • ‘Poverty Pandemic’ as Refugees Remain Excluded from COVID-19 Vaccine Plans by Emina Osmandzikovic
  • What We Got Wrong About COVID-19 and Refugees by Jan Egeland, Secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council
  • COVID-19’s Impacts on Climate-Related Migration Policies and Outcomes by Kayly Ober , Miriam Ernest and Jacqueline Kessler 
  • Quarterly Mixed Migration Update, Asia, Quarter 4, 2020 by the Mixed Migration Centre 
  • Protecting Migrant Workers in the Gulf: Don’t Build Back Better Over a Poor Foundation by Vani Saraswathi
  • Refugees Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations in Jordan by UNHCR
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Worsening Gender Inequalities for Refugee Women and Girls by the UNHCR
  • COVID-19 and the Demand for Labor and Skills in Europe: Early Evidence and Implications for Migration Policy by  Terence Hogarth 
  • COVID-19 and the State of Global Mobility in 2020 by  Meghan Benton, Jeanne Batalova, Samuel Davidoff-Gore and Timo Schmidt
  • COVID-19 and Migration for Work in South Asia: Private Sector Responsibilities by the UNICEF
  • Migration Data Portal : Migration Data Relevant for the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • How Could Migrant Workers Contribute to Cambodia’s Future Economy? by Sim Vireak
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Daily-wage Work and the Refugee Households that Rely on it in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by UNHCR
  • How COVID-19 Has Affected International Labour Migration – and the Path to Enduring Reintegration by Maria A. Villalba
  • Myanmar Migrants Struggle as Second Wave of Covid-19 Hits Thailand by Myanmar Now
  • UNHCR Calls for Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Refugees by UNHCR
  • Labor Market Access in Forced Displacement Contexts by Emily E. Arnold-Fernández, Neha Misra and Sarah Miller
  • Pandemic Realities for Asia-Pacific’s 48 million International Migrants by the ILO

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