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With COVID-19 disrupting travel, shutting borders, and redefining what is essential work. What will international migration look like after the pandemic?
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Published in:Pandemic BordersWhere are the immigrants in Canada’s policy debates?Any social policy after COVID-19 needs to acknowledge the diversity of those whose interests are at stake.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersThe future of migration in the Global South: racializing diseases has to stopHow will the pandemic shape south-south migration flows and impact the realities of migrants?
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 and the global addiction to cheap migrant labourThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labour.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCan Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers?With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersCan the COVID-19 crisis be an opportunity for Canada’s migrant farmworkers?The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersThe bitter taste of Greek strawberriesIn Greece, COVID-19 has increased the exploitation of the migrant workers who ensure our food supply.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhy is migration vital to Canada’s smaller cities?If Canada’s smaller urban centres want to continue growing, they will need to attract more international migrants.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersHow COVID-19 is redefining “working remotely” for Canada’s high-skilled foreign workersFor those who had a job offer and seemingly a bright future in Canada, travel has been halted until further notice....
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Published in: Pandemic BordersDid the COVID-19 pandemic revive nationalism?It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework that...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhat 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 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 Borders“South Africa belongs to all who live in it”, COVID-19 showed it does notFailure 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 BordersFor migrant workers in the MENA, flattening the curve of inequality is urgentThe global COVID-19 pandemic is not the root cause of migrant exploitation, discrimination and vulnerability but it...
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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 BordersBio-surveillance, invisible borders and the dangerous after-effects of COVID-19 measuresLong 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 BordersCOVID-19 at the Brazil-Venezuela borders: the good, the bad and the uglyHow 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 pandemicHow 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 willThe 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 fightCanada 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 presentThat 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 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 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 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 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 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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