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MPI Coronavirus Update
May 27, 2020
Dear John,
As countries seek to revive economies chilled by the coronavirus pandemic, a safe restart of travel will be a precondition for businesspeople and tourists to arrive anew and the resumption of international migration for family reunification, humanitarian protection, and other purposes.
More than 200 countries have imposed travel restrictions. The path to unwinding some of these curbs on mobility is uncertain, brings tough choices, and will happen in fits and starts as countries find themselves in different places along the COVID-19 trajectory, as MPI Europe and MPI International Program Research Director Meghan Benton explains in a recent commentary.
"Restarting mobility will not be like flicking a switch, particularly amid disagreements over the costs societies can and should absorb in the name of protecting public health," Benton writes.
Health screenings will be the cornerstone of managed mobility in this new age. So will a wholesale rethink of border and travel processes, with an expected push towards digitization and automation. The changes hold significant implications for privacy rights and mobility inequalities, she writes in this thought-provoking commentary, "The Rocky Road to a Mobile World After COVID-19": www.migrationpolicy.org/news/rocky-road-mobile-world-after-covid-19.
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Research
Barriers to COVID-19 Testing and Treatment: Immigrants without Health Coverage in the United States
www.migrationpolicy.org/research/covid-19-testing-treatment-immigrants-health-insurance
As millions of U.S. workers lose jobs and the health insurance associated with them, Medicaid and similar programs are increasingly important for people seeking COVID-19 testing and treatment. Yet many low-income uninsured noncitizens, including green-card holders, are excluded from such programs because of their immigration status, as this fact sheet explores.
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Webinar
COVID-19 in Latin America: Tackling Health Care & Other Impacts for Vulnerable Migrant Populations
www.migrationpolicy.org/multimedia/covid-19-latin-america-tackling-health-care-other-impacts-vulnerable-migrant-populations
This webinar brought together public health and migration experts to analyze the impact that COVID-19 preventative measures will have on vulnerable immigrants and refugees in Colombia and Latin America. Speakers also discussed how policymakers and international organizations can include migrant populations in their emergency response plans.
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Have You Read
"Couching [possible new U.S. immigration restrictions] as a way to address the economic crisis guarantees the longevity of these policies because the economic crisis will be here far longer than the public health crisis," MPI Policy Analyst Sarah Pierce tells ABC News.
The Associated Press, in an article examining possible worker shortages in the U.S. meatpacking industry, cites MPI statistics: "Immigrants make up nearly 40% of the industry's roughly 470,000 workers, with higher concentrations in states like South Dakota, where they are 58% of workers, and Nebraska, where they're 66%, according to the nonprofit Migration Policy Institute. Estimates on illegal immigrants vary from 14% to the majority at some plants."
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