Join the online conference titled “COVID-19 and the health of Refugees, Migrants and Minorities”. The panelists will discuss how the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is disproportionately affecting minorities, refugees, migrants, workers in the informal economy, and other vulnerable communities globally and propose areas for research, operational and policy focus in response.
Please visit here to register and for full details of the panel: bit.ly/31xwucu. If you would like to submit a question for the moderator to collate for the Q&A session at the end please email info@migrationandhealth.org
The conference website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2020/jul/virtual-event-ucl-irdr-10th-annual-conference-covid-19-pandemic-global-perspective.
The aims and objectives of the panel are to:
Aim: discuss and raise awareness of COVID-19 and the health of refugees, migrants and minorities from the academic, policy and practice perspective.
Objectives:
- To outline some of the main challenges/risks for these populations – or one of these populations – (using case studies/regional examples as appropriate)
- To propose practical recommendations for how to move forward so that during the rest of the pandemic and in the post-Covid-19 phase, our societies are are migrant-inclusive and put ethnic minorities and marginalised groups at the centre of policy responses? (this might be more from an academic/policy/practice perspective)
Further panel details
15 July 2020 – 90 minute session from 15:00-16:30
“COVID-19 and the health of Refugees, Migrants and Minorities”, The panelists will discuss how the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is disproportionately affecting minorities, refugees, migrants, workers in the informal economy, and other vulnerable communities globally and propose areas for research, operational and policy focus in response.
The programme will be as follows:
| 8 minutes | WELCOMING REMARKS
Miriam Orcutt, MBSS, MSc Executive Director, Lancet Migration Welcome, introduction of the panel, and introduction of speakers |
| 50 minutes | MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderated by: Miriam Orcutt For each of the following questions, each panelist will have 5 minutes to respond to each of the questions 1. Can you please discuss the COVID-19 response in your region/globally and inclusion/lack of inclusion of migrants & refugees, or ethnic minority groups, including some of the challenges and risks for these populations? 2. What are your 2 top recommendations for ensuring that our societies, during the rest of the pandemic and in the post-Covid-19 phase, are migrant-inclusive and put ethnic minorities and marginalised groups at the centre of policy responses? Panelists: Professor Bernadette Kumar (global/academic perspective; Nepal/India regional focus) Dr Davide Mosca (global/policy perspective; Africa regional focus) Ms Guppi Bola (civil society/ethnic minority focus; UK regional focus) Dr Julian Alfredo Ferenadez Nino (academic/practice perspective; Colombia regional focus) Professor Raj Bhopal (academic/ethnic minority focus) |
| 20 minutes | Q&A
Participants will be able to send questions to the moderator prior to the session – who can address them to the panelists. |
| 6 min
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CLOSING REMARKS
Miriam Orcutt |
