Stuck in the middle of a pandemic: are international students migrants?
For long, international students were not included in most migration debates because they were seen as temporary sojourners. Did things change?
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Published in:Pandemic BordersMigrant domestic and care workers: high risk but low protectionDespite the challenges, domestic and care workers are seizing the moment to build power and create a more caring society.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCOVID-19: can technology become a tool of oppression and surveillance?Technology is not inherently democratic and its human rights impacts are particularly important to consider in...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersIn Canada: who is really essential?The one group of people for whom movement is most essential is the group most immobilized by this pandemic.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersOpera singers: the elite migrants trapped in ItalyBorder closures leave migrant workers both at the higher and lower ends of the labour market trapped and jobless.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCan COVID-19 positively change perceptions on migration?The awareness that threats do not stop at borders and that migration is essential, might open avenues for a renewed...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersKeeping the Italian agri-food system alive: Migrant farmworkers wanted!In the Italian agri-food sector there is not a labour shortage, but a shortage of rights for workers.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe coronavirus pandemic could be devastating for the world's migrantsThis crisis is an opportunity for the world to display empathy and solidarity with migrants.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIn India, the pandemic is creating new bordersFor those living on the margins or survive on daily wages the pandemic is a question of survival.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWill the ‘Singapore model’ survive the pandemic?How long can a migrant-driven city like Singapore be sustained with closed borders?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIf COVID-19 is the Titanic, the economy is the icebergThe pandemic has shown how essential care labour is to the functioning of the global economy.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersFor Indian migrants in the Gulf it is a financial rather than a health crisisWhat awaits the millions of Indian migrants in the Gulf who lack much needed access to healthcare and financial security?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe many facets of pandemic vulnerabilityWhile health matters, what good is the safety of the physical body when all rights are lost to our collective political body?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 does not care about residency statusSome of the most vulnerable members of our communities are being left out of the budget and access to healthcare.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWe need sanctuary cities and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemicThe defence and expansion of sanctuary policies are integral to our collective resiliency at this time.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19: Canada locks its gates to asylum seekersFor asylum seekers, the route to a safe home is being all but eliminated.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersAt times of a pandemic: transnational solidarity not national bordersAt the time of Covid-19 global pandemic, citizenship and national borders should not become defining elements of our...
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