Migrants 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 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 BordersCOVID-19 in Southeast Asia: non-citizens have a right to protection tooArbitrary differentiation between citizen and non-citizen is causing migrants to suffer the worst of the pandemic.
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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 BordersThe Italian Chinatown that can teach us about resilienceThe 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 BordersWe need responsible multifaith solidarity to fight the pandemicAcross the globe, solidarity initiatives by faith communities are emerging in the fight against COVID-19.
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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 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-19Support 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 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 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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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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