Bio-surveillance, invisible borders and the dangerous after-effects of COVID-19 measures
Long after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, we may continue to be affected by its residue of ultra-sophisticated technologies of bio-surveillance.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersRe-bordering Canada’s privately sponsored refugees during the pandemicHow will sponsored refugees face the challenges of COVID-19 in the face of physical distancing and re-bordering that...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersMigrants face a dilemma during COVID-19: uncertainty at home or abroad?As the world economy struggles, more migrants are forced to return home or revisit their plans taken before the pandemic.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersVulnerable and unprotected in the US: it only takes political willThe temporary status of uncertainty and vulnerability in the face of COVID-19 is akin to what hundreds of thousands...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIn Canada, non-status women are being left behindNon-status women remain largely invisible in the COVID-19 public health response and emergency support programs.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 reveals the inherent vindictiveness of migration detentionThe COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the glaring injustices of the immigration detention system.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersInternational students are vital to Canada’s economic recovery after COVID-19Support for international student mobility is crucial for our knowledge networks and economic growth.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersStuck 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...
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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 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 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 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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