The global COVID-19 response must include refugees and migrants

Julia Brandenberger; Alberine Baauw; Alexandra Kruse; Nicole Ritz

doi:10.4414/smw.2020.20263

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The global COVID-19 response must include refugees and migrants

Julia Brandenberger
Alberine Baauw
Alexandra Kruse
Nicole Ritz

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20263
Published: 28.04.2020

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[1] Bozorgmehr K, Saint V, Kaasch A, Stuckler D, Kentikelenis A. COVID and the convergence of three crises in Europe. Lancet Public Health. 2020;S2468-2667(20)30078-5. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30078-5

[2] Brandenberger J, Tylleskär T, Sontag K, Peterhans B, Ritz N. A systematic literature review of reported challenges in health care delivery to migrants and refugees in high-income countries - the 3C model. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):755. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7049-x

[3] The UN Refugee Agency. Operational portal refugee situations - Mediterranean route. 2020. Available at: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/mediterranean

[4] Tableau Publique. COVID19 Trend Tracker. 2020. https://public.tableau.com/profile/stevie.soler#!/vizhome/TrendTracker-COVID19/TrendTracker-COVID19

[5] The UN Refugee Agency. Operational portal on refugee situations - western Balkans. 2020. Available at: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/westbalkans.

[6] Renee M. Greece quarantines second migrant camp after COVID-19 case confirmed. In: Reuters, editor. Athens: Reuters; 2020.

[7] Lugli M. To truly beat COVID-19, we need "sans frontières" solidarity. The New Hunanitarian. 13 April 2020. Available at: http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2020/04/13/global-coronavirus-public-health-solidarity.

[8] The UN Refugee Agency. IOM, UNHCR announce temporary suspension of resettlement travel for refugees. 17 March 2020. https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2020/3/5e7103034/iom-unhcr-announce-temporary-suspension-resettlement-travel-refugees.html (accessed 2020 March 31)

[9] Bozorgmehr K, Biddle L, Jahn R, Wahedi K, McKee M. Evacuate.Moria.Now. Open letter to the European Commission and the European Emergency Response Coordinator. 27 March 2020. Available at: https://www.evacuate-moria.com/.

[10] evakuierenJETZT. Wir fordern den Bundesrat und das Parlament auf: Handelt jetzt! 2020. https://evakuieren-jetzt.ch/ (accessed 2020 April 17)

[11] Amnesty International Switzerland. Die Schweiz muss dringend Flüchtlinge aufnehmen. https://www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/europa-zentralasien/griechenland/dok/2020/fluechtlinge-griechenland/online (accessed 2020 April 27)

[12] Brandenberger J, Gmünder M, Pohl C, Buser S, Ritz N. Reasons for admission in asylum-seeking and non-asylum-seeking patients in a pediatric tertiary care centre. Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20252 [in print]