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Impact of COVID-19 on California's Farmworkers

10/12/2020

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This article in the Guardian describes the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on California's farmworkers. The Latino workforce have contracted Covid-19 at nearly three times the rate of other residents. A study from the University of California, Berkeley, published Wednesday, is the first to explore the prevalence of infection rates among the workforce putting food on tables across America.
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The study surveyed 1,091 farmworkers from mid-July through the end of November in the Salinas Valley, home to more than 50,000 agricultural workers. Key findings include that 13% of these workers tested over this five-month period tested positive. Comparatively, just 5% of all Californians tested came back positive."
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Virtual Event on COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings, Dec 2

1/12/2020

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The PEGASUS Institute is hosting a webinar on December 2 at 7 pm EST as part of their virtual event series. The webinar will focus on what a humanitarian response will look like in a post-COVID-19 world.

The event speaker will be Dr. Paul Spiegel, who is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and Professor of Practise in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he lectures and undertakes research in humanitarian emergencies. Previously, Dr. Spiegel was the Deputy Director of the Division of Programme Support and Management at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Register here.
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Barriers Faced by Undocumented Pregnant Women in the U.S

19/11/2020

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This article in the New York Times highlights that undocumented pregnant women are risking their health by postponing prenatal care and giving birth in their homes as a result of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. 

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When President Trump unleashed his crackdown on immigration, people without legal status scrambled to erase the traces of their existence to avoid being swept up. They stayed home to hide from aggressive new street arrests. And thousands dropped out of welfare programs to steer clear of a policy that posed a less visible threat. Under an expansion of the limits on “public charge,” the administration said it would withhold legalization for undocumented immigrants who had used certain public benefits."

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Webinar on Nov 16, "From Pre- to Post-Pandemic: COVID Vulnerabilities and the Plight of Migrants”

11/11/2020

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The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is hosting a webinar on November 16, 2020, from 12-1:30 pm, North American Central Time. The webinar will be focusing on COVID vulnerabilities and the plight of migrants, from pre- to post-pandemic. The speaker will be Ronald Labonté, Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity Professor in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology - University of Ottawa. This webinar is organized as one of the building-up events towards the 4th Annual Conference on Migration and Health which will be held as a virtual event on March 22-26, 2021.
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Seminar, Nov 3: The Impact of COVID on Immigrant and Racialized Communities in Montreal

1/11/2020

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The IHSP Policy Talks Seminar Series at McGill University is hosting a seminar on the impact of COVID on immigrant and racialized communities in Montreal. The talk presents the findings of a study on the impacts of the COVID crisis on vulnerable groups within Montreal's immigrant and racialized communities. In April-May 2020, interviews were conducted with 50 key informants from community groups providing services to newcomers and ethnocultural associations in Montreal. Findings suggest that the COVID crisis disproportionately affects racialized groups with certain characteristics, including low SES, precarious migratory status, non-English or French speaking, or employment in the health sector or certain other ‘essential’ sectors.

The seminar will take place on November 3, 2020 12:30-1:30pm EST. The speakers include: 
  • Jill Hanley, Associate Professor, McGill School of Social Work and Scientific Director of the Sherpa University Institute on Migration, Health and Social Services
  • Janet Cleveland, Researcher on the rights and well-being of asylum seekers and non-status migrants, Sherpa University Institute on Migration, Health and Social Services​
 
Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events
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Event on Mutual Aid, with Dean Spade and Whitney Hu

25/10/2020

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The Brooklyn Community Bookstore is hosting a virtual event on Oct 27, 2020, with Dean Spade, author of the book Mutual Aid, and Whitney Hu, organizer and founder of South Brooklyn Mutual Aid.

Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around the globe, people are faced with a spiralling succession of crises, from the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change-induced fires, floods, and storms to the ongoing horrors of mass incarceration, racist policing, brutal immigration enforcement, endemic gender violence, and severe wealth inequality. Dean Spade's book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity. ​

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Migrant Workers, Spain's Plastic Sea and COVID-19

17/10/2020

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In this article by The Guardian, migrant workers highlight the exploitation and poor working conditions they face as they pick food from Spain's Plastic Sea.

Workers employed by Spanish food companies connected to UK supermarkets have claimed they don’t have electricity, running water, sanitation, and sufficient personal protective equipment.

“The pandemic has exacerbated the unacceptable conditions facing migrant workers and the Spanish government must urgently act. But two-thirds of all fruit and vegetables consumed across Europe and the UK come from these greenhouses and all the companies and retailers up these supply chains have a responsibility to these workers as well."
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Webinar on "Vulnerable and Essential - Migrant Farmworkers, Wildfires and COVID-19"

25/9/2020

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The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) will host the webinar "Vulnerable and Essential - Migrant Farmworkers, Wildfires and COVID-19" on October 7, 2020 from 11-12:30pm EDT. The webinar will focus on disaster impacts to California migrant communities and lessons in inclusive disaster planning. Panelists will include academics, community organizations, and government representatives.
 
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Human Rights and COVID-​19

10/8/2020

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An article by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, highlights the importance of protecting human rights of marginalized populations during and post-pandemic. Particularly in the case of temporary foreign workers in Canada, a right to health approach is critical.

“The right to health has two dimensions. It’s about access to health care but it’s also about securing the underlying social determinants of health in the realization that health care alone will not satisfy good health among the population,” says Brigit Toebes, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, “what we see is that problems surrounding COVID-19 are more prevalent in settings where there’s poverty and other forms of deprivation emphasizing the need to improve socioeconomic living conditions.”
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Deportation of Migrants in the U.S. during COVID-19

15/7/2020

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This article by Global News describes the challenges many migrant families are facing in terms of seeking asylum in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Families describe how they are being "swept up by Customs and Border Protection using extraordinary power available during public health emergencies to expel Mexicans and many Central Americans immediately to Mexico and waive immigration laws that include rights to seek asylum."

​"The Border Patrol in June put 27,535 people on a track to expulsion under the public health emergency and made only 2,859 arrests under immigration law."
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