Migration

Migrants and refugees are being forgotten in the COVID-19 response. This has to change

Migrant workers and their families wait to get on a bus to reach a railway station to board a train to their home state of Uttar Pradesh, during an extended lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Delhi, India, May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - RC27WG95CCQT

As we confront COVID-19, the last thing we should do is shut out immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Image: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Eric Garcetti
Mayor of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mayor, City of Freetown
Bruno Covas
Mayor of São Paulo, City of São Paulo
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