Talk:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migration

Proposed Article Changes

While this article is sound in information, it is a bit thin and lacking in expansive information. For my proposed changes, I will be utilizing two issue briefs from the IOM. While neither have directly quoted authors, both issue briefs have been retrieved from an incredibly reliable international organization that monitors global migration. I would add in a section on migrants at sea, including my information stating that people at sea face more risks too due to Covid measures. Large numbers of sea workers, including fishermen and cruise ship employees, were stranded at sea for months due to port closures and travel bans. Mental health became a specific concern with multiple suicides reported among seaworkers. The UN has even called on countries to consider seaworkers as essential key workers to allow them to rotate out of their voyages. For migrants stranded at sea, access to healthcare, proper hygiene and shelter have been specific concerns, in addiction to already life threatening situations (Covid-19 Impact on Stranded Migrants, 5). I would add in a section on migrants and people living in camps. Migrants living in camps face a high risk of transmitting Covid-19, living in camps that feature overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, poor nutrition, and very poor health care. Rises in Covid cases were reported in migrant and refugee camps in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and on Greek islands, in camps in Germany and Malaysia, not to mention camps in Gulf Cooperation Council states and in Singapore. Deaths from Covid at camps were reported in the US and in Bangladesh. People who live in these camps essentially live in overcrowded slums, where distancing is impossible,with limited access to even water or other basic provisions (Covid-19 Impact on Stranded Migrants, 8). In the section on Impact on human rights, I would add in that migrants are also often at the forefront of vaccine trials and volunteering, and they undertake critical essential jobs at the same time, such as health care rolls. They are fundamental to the pandemic response, yet they are more targeted and discriminate against (Covid-19 and Mobility, 2). I would furthermore expand on this section by outlining what the IOM recommends on how to better migrants lives and human rights, such as their emphasis on combatting xenophobia, and their important information provided on how migrants stimulate the economy and are necessary to its recovery after Covid. I would add in several statistics to the human rights section, such as that worldwide, as of 2020, an estimated 2.7 million migrants were stranded (Covid-19 Impact on Stranded Migrants, 9). I would also put in the section that it is estimated that the pandemic has stalled migration in 2020 by twenty seven percent (Covid-19 and Mobility, 1). Migrants in many cases have become stranded, unable to work, unable to access healthcare, or unable to update their legal status (Covid-19 and Mobility, 1). 19 to 30 million people have also been pushed to extreme poverty, threatening to double food insecurity (Covid-19 and Mobility, 1). I welcome any users to reply with any questions or comments you may have on my proposed edits! Thank you!

“Covid-19 Impact on Stranded Migrants” International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 14 December 2020 “Covid-19 and Mobility” International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 14 December 2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccallms70 (talk • contribs) 04:18, 15 December 2021 (UTC)