MENA refugees uniquely vulnerable to effects of COVID-19 - The Arab Weekly
“Refugees and displaced people around the world face a triple emergency: conflict and displacement, COVID-19 and the global economic crisis it has generated,” said International Rescue Committee President David Miliband.
In Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon and other countries in the region, millions of refugees are struggling to protect themselves from the novel virus and weather the worsening economic crisis.
“Refugees and displaced people around the world face a triple emergency: conflict and displacement, COVID-19 and the global economic crisis it has generated, and now the clear failure of global leadership to act to prevent and treat the disease,” said International Rescue Committee President David Miliband.
“The world is experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and the contractions in economic activity in response to COVID-19 are having a disproportionate impact on hunger in conflict-affected states,” he said.
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