With all eyes on Covid-19, refugee suffering continues in …
Turkey and Greece are trading blame following the deaths of Syrian refugees trying to flee to Europe. … aid workers on the islands.” … hotspot camps,” advocates fear that a Covid-19 …
The New Humanitarian | COVID-19 and international aid
With international flight bans and lockdowns, the model of rushing foreign aid teams and cargo to frontline response is looking ill-suited to COVID-19. That could be an opportunity for local aid groups long hoping for greater recognition and resources. It’s a widely supported shift that has proven stubbornly hard to achieve.
COVID-19 and the Displaced: Addressing the Threat of the …
The potential resulting shortages of goods and technical capacity could have devastating consequences in many humanitarian contexts across the continent, where there are more than 17.7 million IDPs and over 6.3 million refugees. The outbreak of COVID-19 could also undermine critical peacekeeping efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.
No soap nor water: Fear mounts for refugees as coronavirus …
Aid workers fear governments are … Health workers in Atmeh refugee camp on the Turkey-Syria border have been briefing refugees on how to fight COVID-19 (MEE/Yousef Gharibi) … as pro-Syrian …
First of Syrian refugees arrive in Ireland – The Irish Times
First of Syrian refugees arrive in Ireland … Dublin school to close for two weeks as student has Covid-19. Opinion; … 5 Rise in Irish companies hiring foreign workers to meet skills shortages.
UNHCR – Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis. … Syrian refugees living in Za’atari camp come to terms with life under coronavirus lockdown.https: … they need to remember that humanitarian aid workers must be allowed to deliver food, water and other lifesaving care. Countries must protect everyone, or no one is safe.
Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting COVID-19 …
Q&A: Access to health services is key to halting COVID-19 and saving refugee lives. UNHCR’s leading public health expert says prevention and inclusion must be at the heart of the response for displaced people, especially in areas with weak health services.
COVID-19 Impact on Refugees is Also Political | Chatham House
The spread of coronavirus in the Levant puts Syrian as well as other refugees and internally displaced people at particular risk because of the policies and practices of the authorities. As Lebanon strains to contain COVID-19, it is not clear which governmental public health policies apply to …
Middle East refugee camps menaced by coronavirus epidemic …
Mar 19, 2020Aid workers there are using the time to prepare for what they view as the virus’s inevitable arrival. … Syrian refugees are ineligible for government health care, meaning a covid-19 outbreak …
‘Just one case’: Fears coronavirus may spread like …
FILE PHOTO: A worker from the municipality sanitizes Syrian refugee camp, as Lebanon extends a lockdown by two weeks to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Marjayoun, Lebanon …