The serious consequences of the pandemic have affected the lives of everyone on the planet, and measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 have had significant effects on the mobility of migrants, on their vulnerabilities, as well as on their access. health and protection services.

Mobility of migrants

The pandemic presents critical challenges for human beings everywhere. And governments are enforcing mobility restrictions and closing in on themselves, putting many people on the move at significant risk. This therefore has an impact on their rights and well-being.

How to apply health measures?

In the fight against Covid-19, health rules and social distancing are inapplicable in collective centers intended for migrants, whether they are transit or administrative detention centers called “closed centers”. This makes these places nests for epidemics.

Lack of protection and care, during the time of control strategies!

To contain and punish people who do not comply with containment measures, national and local strategies have included a gradual increase in individual control measures, with direct police intervention which is currently active, both at the borders and in the streets. cities.

Likewise, any exemption from traffic, whether international or local, will be seen as a privilege to the detriment of national security. Negative reactions in the event that such privileges are granted to migrants are unfortunately conceivable.

It is regrettable to say that anything that forces people to migrate during times of emergency or disaster is considered less important, compared to the current pandemic situation, the measures taken as well as the regulations in this area. health.

Source: GBNEWS.CH

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