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THREAD. A week ago I wrote this on the contribution that #migrants and #refugees make to the response to #coronavirus. Since then I have been collecting information on HOW this happens in different countries to learn for the future.
#migration #COVID19 https://medium.com/@marta.foresti/an-ode-to-key-workers-5218d425ecbb
#migration #COVID19 https://medium.com/@marta.foresti/an-ode-to-key-workers-5218d425ecbb
At @ODIdev we will be tracking and analysing these actions/innovations, for now here is an overview
First up the #USA where #NY state takes action allowing qualified graduates of foreign medical schools to contribute to the #Covid_19 emergency response https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20210-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency
First up the #USA where #NY state takes action allowing qualified graduates of foreign medical schools to contribute to the #Covid_19 emergency response https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-20210-continuing-temporary-suspension-and-modification-laws-relating-disaster-emergency
Still in the #USA, the State Department is on the lookout for medical professionals abroad willing to work in the #US. As long as they have a valid visa....mhh.....
#COVID19 #migration #keyworkers #coronavirus https://twitter.com/TravelGov/status/1243335697202851843?s=20
#COVID19 #migration #keyworkers #coronavirus https://twitter.com/TravelGov/status/1243335697202851843?s=20
Prompting @gmaniatis and others to point out that there are many undocumented #migrants and asylum seekers ALREADY in the #USA who could lend a hand.
If only they were allowed
#covid19 #Covid_19 #migration https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/politics/dreamers-health-care-workers-coronavirus-daca-supreme-court/index.html
If only they were allowed
#covid19 #Covid_19 #migration https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/27/politics/dreamers-health-care-workers-coronavirus-daca-supreme-court/index.html
And while in the #USA: #immigrants ALREADY make an enormous contribution to #Covid_19 response.
This timely brief by @MigrationPolicy reveals that there are
6 million immigrant workers on front-lines.
29% of all physicians
38% of home health aides https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-workers-us-covid-19-response
This timely brief by @MigrationPolicy reveals that there are
6 million immigrant workers on front-lines.
29% of all physicians38% of home health aides https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigrant-workers-us-covid-19-response
When it comes to #migration it is often #cities that show leadership first.
The municipality of #BuenosAires allows qualified #migrant and #refugees healthcare workers including Venezuelan doctors and nurses to be hired in response
#argentina #Covid_19 https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/coronavirus-municipios-provincia-buenos-aires-sumaran-medicos-nid2346577
The municipality of #BuenosAires allows qualified #migrant and #refugees healthcare workers including Venezuelan doctors and nurses to be hired in response
#argentina #Covid_19 https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/coronavirus-municipios-provincia-buenos-aires-sumaran-medicos-nid2346577
And #Venezuelan #migrant health care workers step up to the challenge in #Colombia too - focusing on much needed psychological support
#Covid_19 #migration #coronavirus https://twitter.com/dancolombia/status/1243554738635001858?s=20
#Covid_19 #migration #coronavirus https://twitter.com/dancolombia/status/1243554738635001858?s=20
Lunchtime break! Need to feed the kids!
Will be back with more from #Europe and beyond later #homeschooling #lockdown
Will be back with more from #Europe and beyond later #homeschooling #lockdown
Back from lunch and over to #Europe.
Once again #Germany leads . And again it is local government taking action: in #Saxony, the heartland of nationalist #AfD, the regional medical board advertises for #migrant and #refugees doctors to help
#COVID19 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-refugees/refugees-to-the-rescue-germany-taps-migrant-medics-to-battle-virus-idUSKBN21C2IG
Once again #Germany leads . And again it is local government taking action: in #Saxony, the heartland of nationalist #AfD, the regional medical board advertises for #migrant and #refugees doctors to help
#COVID19 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-refugees/refugees-to-the-rescue-germany-taps-migrant-medics-to-battle-virus-idUSKBN21C2IG
Meanwhile in the #UK Health Secretary @MattHancock-who recently tested positive for #COVID19-is on the lookout for foreign doctors. Sensible since
“So many overseas qualified doctors are driving Ubers because it’s so difficult to get reaccredited here' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/covid-19-call-for-fast-track-registration-of-refugee-doctors-in-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw
“So many overseas qualified doctors are driving Ubers because it’s so difficult to get reaccredited here' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/covid-19-call-for-fast-track-registration-of-refugee-doctors-in-uk?CMP=share_btn_tw
#Spain is under phenomenal strain-so the government working across key ministries is recruiting 200 foreign #doctors and #health workers. To achieve this it fast tracked resident permits and certification of skills/qualifications #covid19 #migration #covid https://www.infosalus.com/actualidad/noticia-gobierno-incorpora-cerca-200-profesionales-sanitarios-extranjeros-sistema-nacional-salud-20200327095434.html
#Portugal took by far the most sensible, humane and effective action: it regularised #migrants/asylum seekers with pending applications, granting temporary residence permits and access to public services. This will also facilitate access to work 
#COVID19 https://www.publico.pt/2020/03/28/sociedade/noticia/governo-regulariza-imigrantes-pedidos-pendentes-sef-1909791
#COVID19 https://www.publico.pt/2020/03/28/sociedade/noticia/governo-regulariza-imigrantes-pedidos-pendentes-sef-1909791
And now, to my beloved #Italy, under so much strain and suffering. Here #migrant doctors literally came to the rescue. First came the #Cuban doctors, welcomed so warmly on their arrival in #Lombardy.
#Cuba #migration #COVID19 #coronavirus #visa https://twitter.com/italiacubaroma/status/1241675000794558466?s=20
#Cuba #migration #COVID19 #coronavirus #visa https://twitter.com/italiacubaroma/status/1241675000794558466?s=20
And then from our friends over the #Adriatic sea: #Albania sending 30 doctors to help #Italy.
''You are our brothers'' said Albanian PM @EdiRamaPM . Not obvious for those of us who remember how Albanian immigrants were treated in #Italy not long ago. https://twitter.com/martaforesti/status/1244564845720145920?s=20
''You are our brothers'' said Albanian PM @EdiRamaPM . Not obvious for those of us who remember how Albanian immigrants were treated in #Italy not long ago. https://twitter.com/martaforesti/status/1244564845720145920?s=20
Final stop for today is #Australia, where 20,000 international nursing students will have restrictions on their working hours lifted by the federal government to ease pressure on the aged care sector as it reels from the #coronavirus outbreak. #migration https://www.smh.com.au/national/visa-work-restrictions-lifted-on-20-000-international-student-nurses-20200318-p54bfz.html
Back in the #UK where the government has just announced that ALL foreign #NHS workers will have their visas automatically renewed for a year, free of charge.
Let this be the end of the #hostileenvironment @ukhomeoffice
#COVID19 #migration #Covid_19 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-nhs-visa-doctor-nurse-paramedics-home-office-migrants-a9438211.html%3famp
Let this be the end of the #hostileenvironment @ukhomeoffice
#COVID19 #migration #Covid_19 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-nhs-visa-doctor-nurse-paramedics-home-office-migrants-a9438211.html%3famp
Over to #France where #refugees with relevant qualification from countries outside the #EU can now work - under supervision - with no need for additional verification procedures
#COVID19 #migration https://accueil-integration-refugies.fr/2020/03/26/les-refugies-peuvent-contribuer-au-service-public-de-sante/
#COVID19 #migration https://accueil-integration-refugies.fr/2020/03/26/les-refugies-peuvent-contribuer-au-service-public-de-sante/
It is important to remember that #keyworkers in the front line of the #COVID19 response are not only #healthcare workers.
Many are #migrants.
In the #UK there is a shortage of agricultural workers to keep supplies of fruit and vegetables running. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/28/fruit-and-veg-will-run-out-unless-britain-charters-planes-to-fly-in-farm-workers-from-eastern-europe
Many are #migrants.
In the #UK there is a shortage of agricultural workers to keep supplies of fruit and vegetables running. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/28/fruit-and-veg-will-run-out-unless-britain-charters-planes-to-fly-in-farm-workers-from-eastern-europe
And in the #US too.
#covid #migration #keyworkerHeroes #keyworkers #COVIDー19 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/31/during-covid-19-pandemic-immigrant-farmworkers-are-heroes/
#covid #migration #keyworkerHeroes #keyworkers #COVIDー19 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/31/during-covid-19-pandemic-immigrant-farmworkers-are-heroes/
Meanwhile in #Italy Ismail and his colleagues from the #Barikama migrant cooperative are out in the field and in the warehouse, packing delivery boxes of vegetables and dairy products to help feed local households. Saving lives.
#COVID19 #migration. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/a-beautiful-thing-the-african-migrants-getting-healthy-food-to-italians?CMP=twt_a-global-development_b-gdndevelopment
#COVID19 #migration. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/a-beautiful-thing-the-african-migrants-getting-healthy-food-to-italians?CMP=twt_a-global-development_b-gdndevelopment
Here is an idea for the future:
There is no such thing as a 'low skilled worker
There are workers who contribute to societies and economies filling skills gaps and labour demands. Evident to all in a #pandemic, but true in all circumstances. #COVID19 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/meeting-seasonal-labor-needs-age-covid-19
There is no such thing as a 'low skilled worker
There are workers who contribute to societies and economies filling skills gaps and labour demands. Evident to all in a #pandemic, but true in all circumstances. #COVID19 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/meeting-seasonal-labor-needs-age-covid-19
In #Canada the College of Physicians and Surgeons of #BritishColumbia takes sensible/pragmatic actions to allow international medical graduates to play their part in the #COVIDー19 response.
Once again leadership comes from local government. #migration https://twitter.com/cpsbc_ca/status/1245440995954774016?s=20
Once again leadership comes from local government. #migration https://twitter.com/cpsbc_ca/status/1245440995954774016?s=20
‘As a doctor, I can’t stress enough how much America would benefit from the help foreign born health professionals could provide right now, regardless of their race or nationality. The #coronavirus doesn’t discriminate between national origin’ #migration https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/490585-im-a-foreign-born-doctor-fighting-americas-war-against-the%3famp
'El Gobierno abre así las puertas a un colectivo de extranjeros que no habría tenido canales para iniciar una carrera laboral en #España'
Without #covid emergency, these workers would not be allowed to work in #Spain.
This needs to change.
#migration https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-04-01/el-gobierno-dara-autorizacion-de-trabajo-a-inmigrantes-con-perfil-sanitario.html
Without #covid emergency, these workers would not be allowed to work in #Spain.
This needs to change.
#migration https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-04-01/el-gobierno-dara-autorizacion-de-trabajo-a-inmigrantes-con-perfil-sanitario.html
It is on all of us to talk about this paradox, understand how to avoid it in the future, and take action.
Yes, the #COVID19Pandemic risks taking us backwards on #migration policies. But there is also this key opportunity to make things better #keyworkers https://twitter.com/gmaniatis/status/1246045488966746113?s=20
Yes, the #COVID19Pandemic risks taking us backwards on #migration policies. But there is also this key opportunity to make things better #keyworkers https://twitter.com/gmaniatis/status/1246045488966746113?s=20
