What fate for the Venezuelan migrants stranded in Peru?
Peru and other countries of destination, have a moral duty towards vulnerable migrants and refugees.
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Published in:Pandemic Borders“South Africa belongs to all who live in it”, COVID-19 showed it does not
Failure to address the needs of the most vulnerable will hasten the infection rate and flame the fires of...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersWhat future for the EU after COVID-19?
The current crisis urgently calls for visions for the EU and, indeed, the world post-COVID-19.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersFor migrant workers in the MENA, flattening the curve of inequality is urgent
The global COVID-19 pandemic is not the root cause of migrant exploitation, discrimination and vulnerability but it...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersBio-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...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersWill settlement agencies in Canada survive the pandemic?
Many settlement agencies are not in a position to keep operations open and are suffering significant job losses.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 at the Brazil-Venezuela borders: the good, the bad and the ugly
How an already difficult situation for refugees in terms of integration and health can become an explosive...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersRe-bordering Canada’s privately sponsored refugees during the pandemic
How 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 BordersVulnerable and unprotected in the US: it only takes political will
The 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 BordersForeign-trained doctors are untapped resource in pandemic fight
Canada has thousands of qualified doctors and nurses who could help our strained health system now and in the future...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersImmigrants are not to blame for global epidemics: insights from past and present
That immigrants have been singled out as disease-carriers is not surprising given the long, ugly history of...
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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 BordersThe Italian Chinatown that can teach us about resilience
The city of Prato shows how community resilience can counter both the spread of the virus and the spread of racism...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 in Southeast Asia: non-citizens have a right to protection too
Arbitrary differentiation between citizen and non-citizen is causing migrants to suffer the worst of the pandemic.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersIn Canada, non-status women are being left behind
Non-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 detention
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the glaring injustices of the immigration detention system.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWe need responsible multifaith solidarity to fight the pandemic
Across the globe, solidarity initiatives by faith communities are emerging in the fight against COVID-19.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhat can we learn from Latin America’s solidarity cities?
The replication of the solidarity city model in Latin America is all the more necessary today.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWill global corporations take responsibility for those they have long exploited?
A transnational solidarity beyond borders must include the corporations and conglomerates who benefitted from...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersInternational students are vital to Canada’s economic recovery after COVID-19
Support for international student mobility is crucial for our knowledge networks and economic growth.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersOpera singers: the elite migrants trapped in Italy
Border 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 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 protection
Despite 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.