Migrants
The Others, the Invisible Victims of the Coronavirus.
By Gustavo Espinoza “Hispanics, who make up 29% of New York’s population, account for 34% of deaths from COVID-19; likewise the black community accounts for 28% of deaths despite representing 22% of the population. This is a clear sign of economic disparity and lack of access to health in a… »
Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine
By Alina Das* – The Nation Covid-19 makes it clear that our fates are intertwined As our public health infrastructure buckles under the pressure of Covid-19, billions of federal dollars are flowing to the Department of Homeland Security for civil immigration enforcement. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border… »
Day of National Fasting On Friday, April 10, 2020
Samaj Sevaks, constructive organizations and Gandhians from across the country have strongly felt the need to atone, at the time of this Corona Crisis, for the sins that we have committed against migrant workers. We are all jointly responsible for the utter neglect of the village poor during the last… »
Measures against COVID-19 need to include refugees and migrants
WHO Regional Office for Europe A new publication highlights the importance of addressing the needs of refugees and migrants when preparing for or responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Refugees and migrants, particularly those who are displaced and/or living in camps and camp-like settings, are faced with specific challenges and vulnerabilities… »
#LeaveNoOneBehind: Prevent the Corona catastrophe now – also at the external borders!
If you want to help with donations, you can do so here: www.leavenoonebehind2020.org/funds To meet this Coronavirus crisis, we need solidarity. Coronavirus will hit especially hard for those who already have difficulties. That includes refugees at Europe’s external borders, as well as the homeless,… »
Japanese American Activists Hold National Day of Action to Release All Immigrants in Detention Facing Threat of Covid-19
Tsuru For Solidarity is joining Detention Watch Network’s #FreeThemAll campaign to release immigrants in ICE detention to prevent migrant jails from becoming epicenters of COVID-19 spread. In doing so, Tsuru For Solidarity will share stories of how illness and disease in the WWII camps impacted Japanese Americans, and why this… »
Cardinal denounces: “We in Europe give money to Turkey so refugees don’t annoy us”
In Europe “we give money to Turkey so refugees don’t annoy us”, a cardinal has denounced. By Cameron Doody Key points – “I don’t see much difference with the wall Trump is building on the border with Mexico” – “People criticise Turkey’s use of refugees as a… »
Treat migrants with dignity and respect during pandemic: UN migration agency
The importance of treating migrants with dignity and respect has not changed, UN migration agency (IOM), spokesperson Joel Millman has told UN News, adding that the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on migrants, highly represented in the food industry, which is now seeing widespread shutdowns, is ‘a huge concern’… »
Letter to the President of the European Parliament: stop the violence against refugees in Greece
The board of directors of We Are Odv has decided to write to the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli taking up the text published in the social media on March 2 by the association Refugee 4 Refugees, which has been operating for years in the island of… »
The European Parliament must intervene to stop violence, the use of force and human rights violations at the EU-Turkey border
We call on the European Parliament and the political groups representing the EU citizens to stop violence and the use of force against defenseless people at the EU-Turkey border and to restore legality and respect for human rights, firstly the right of asylum. What is happening is the result of… »
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