Coronavirus, Global Governance, Migration, Public Health Locked down: Global mobility and COVID-19

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has led to some of the most extreme limits on human movement in recent history, with flights grounded, borders closed, and immigration processes stalled. How have these limitations affected refugees and asylum seekers, some of the world’s most vulnerable people? And how can the international community support and protect these groups as the pandemic persists, and how can it prepare to better respond to future crises?

Filippo Grandi, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, addressed those questions at the Perry World House (PWH) 2021 Global Shifts Colloquium, “Locked Down: Global Mobility and COVID-19.” In a conversation with National Public Radio international correspondent Deborah Amos, Grandi discussed the challenges his agency has faced during the pandemic, efforts to vaccinate refugees, and how to battle anti-immigrant narratives.

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