Protecting refugees and migrants from COVID-19 essential for protecting wider society, participants say in OSCE PA webinar
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▻https://www.oscepa.org/news-a-media/press-releases/2020/protecting-refugees-and-migrants-from-covid-19-essential-for-protecting-wide
COPENHAGEN, 26 May 2020 – The health of our societies depends on the health of all its members, including the most marginalized and vulnerable, participants said today in an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly webinar on the migration-related aspects of COVID-19. Refugees and asylum seekers living in camps and detention centres are at greater risk of contracting the virus, it was noted, which is why focus must be placed on ensuring access to proper health care, shelter, clean water, sanitation, and social services, regardless of people’s legal status.