Reflections: On Migrant Displacement During Crisis
Channel: Simanye Clinic
Date: 2021-02-03

COVID-19 and the risk of exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.
Some of the 272 million international migrants worldwide are more vulnerable than others because of personal, social, situational and structural factors. Their vulnerabilities may be exacerbated in crisis situations, as it is the case with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Persons displaced internally and across borders are particularly at risk. The majority of the 25.9million refugees and 41.3 internally displaced persons are in developing countries that are starting to be affected by the pandemic.