The Italian Chinatown that can teach us about resilience
The city of Prato shows how community resilience can counter both the spread of the virus and the spread of racism and xenophobia.
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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 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 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 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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