Inclusion of Migrants in Covid-19 Interventions – Lessons Learned from Africa

21.03.2023 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility)) , ((No Comments))
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments struggled to respond quickly and efficiently to a changing epidemiological context. To handle crises better, key populations, such as migrants, should be involved in the prevention and intervention strategies. Research on vaccine rollouts in Ethiopia, Tunisia, and South Africa found that civil society groups were ...

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Comment les urgences de santé publique précédentes peuvent-elles nous aider à comprendre les restrictions de voyage liées au COVID-19 ?

16.03.2023 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility)) , ((No Comments))
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Avant même le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, les recherches sur les restrictions à la mobilité dans le contexte des urgences de santé publique avaient déjà mis en évidence quelques informations clés. Nous savons, par exemple, que les restrictions de voyage sont motivées par des considérations épidémiologiques, diplomatiques et ...

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Frontex’s Disseminated Ideology: Constructing a Racialized, Gendered and Illegitimate Other

15.02.2023 , in ((Racism in International Migration)) , ((No Comments))

Through its Annual Risk Analysis Reports, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, also known as Frontex, disseminates a particular ideological view of migration and border control. This view seems to be based on a need to create a racialized, gendered, and illegitimate “other” to justify the border control services, ...

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Race, Rootedness and the Geographies of Sanctuary During the Pandemic

08.02.2023 , in ((Racism in International Migration)) , ((No Comments))

During a crisis, like the COVID-19 pandemic, there seems to be an instinctive turn towards sanctuary and roots. In 2020, repatriation flights and exceptions from travel restrictions allowed particular categories of travelers to return home. But our ideas about sanctuary are also restrictive, implicitly leaning on often racialized assumptions about ...

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