Impact of Covid-19 on Refugees and Migrants
- Deepali Aswal, Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida
- September 22, 2020
Content :
With a global health crisis glaring at us in the form of Covid-19, it becomes indispensable to talk about how the migrants and refugees are under a major risk. It has created a huge impact on the work and the workers. The current pandemic has put forth a set of challenges with which the developed nations like USA and UK etc. are also struggling. Nations’ healthcare regimes and system and government policies plays a crucial role in crippling the wide and rapid spread of such crisis. Refugees are the most vulnerable section of the society for the eruptions of such pandemic in the country. The migrant workers are not only affected economically but the prominent concern for refugees and them lies in the government policies for health care system in immigrant concentrated areas. According to the World Bank, out of the total population, the majority is of the migrant workers who have been adversely affected from the pandemic. The industry, construction and textile sectors etc. are the largely affected areas as these functions largely on the migrant labour. Also affected is their mobility as various countries have partially or completely have out restriction on their national and international borders. This paper highlights the problems faced by the refugee community and migrants due to Covid-19, statements given by the refugees during recent interviews on their conditions during this pandemic, difference between refugees and migrants and conditions of the refugees and migrants in and outside India based on the analysis from various resources.
