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No refuge: the impact of coronavirus on the world's most vulnerable

Migrants line up to receive sanitisers outside a hotel used as a refugee shelter, after authorities found several cases of the novel coronavirus and put the area under quarantine, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kranidi, Greece April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas - RC259G9ZPYG0

How do you manage a pandemic with no running water or electricity? Image: REUTERS/Costas Baltas

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Rohingya refugees gather to mark the second anniversary of the exodus at the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E6F0E33F0
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