Migrants, Refugees and Stateless

Many migrants, refugees and displaced people often live in very precarious situations. The COVID-19 pandemic has put their health and lives at greater risk, especially in overcrowded confines and unsafe conditions typical of many camps or settlements. To protect their lives and limit the spread of the virus, International organisations, States and local authorities must work together with civil society organisations to provide adequate access to health services, clean water and sanitation to refugees, migrants displaced people as well as those who help them.

Amnesty International

• 22 June 2020 Joint press release East Africa: People seeking safety are trapped at borders due to COVID-19 measures
• 19 June 2020  Peru: Authorities should regularize Venezuelans’ migratory status in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
• 3 June 2020  Lebanon: Abandoned migrant domestic workers must be protected

EuroMedRights

• 19 June 2020 NO LOCKDOWN FOR PUSHBACKS DURING COVID-19
• 02 June 2020 STARBOARD OR PORT, NO SAFE HARBOUR IN SIGHT
• 20 May 2020 COVID-19 ALSO AFFECTS HOTSPOTS AND DETENTION CENTRES
• 30 April 2020 ACCESS TO  HEALTH FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES DURING COVID-19
• 25 March 2020 Restore legality to protect refugees and the society at large amidst the pandemic

HRW

• 1 April 2020 Joint Letter Re: Restrictions on Communication, Fencing, and COVID-19 in Cox’s Bazar District Rohingya Refugee Camps

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

• 26 June 2020 EU: The impact of COVID-19 on human rights of migrants and refugees
• 22 April 2020 The Right to Health of Venezuelans in Colombia: From Principle to Policy (Part 1)
• 22 April 2020 The Right to Health of Venezuelans in Colombia: From Policy to Practice (Part 2)
• 16 April 2020 COVID-19: Indian authorities must act immediately to protect internal migrant workers stranded under intolerable conditions
• 6 April 2020 COVID-19: the ICJ publishes a briefing paper on promoting non-citizens’ right to work in South Africa

La Strada International

• The impact of COVID-19 on the protection of rights of trafficked and exploited persons

Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)

• March 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic: we need urgent measures to protect people and mend the cracks in our health, social protection and migration systems

Terre des Hommes International Federation (TDHIF)

• 3 April 2020 (joint letter) Open letter to European governments: Immediately honour commitments to relocate unaccompanied children from the Greek islands

World Vision

• In the midst of Covid-19 in Jordan, our Solid Waste Management team doesn’t stop!