Prof. Dr. Aitor Ibarrola - The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on forced migration

Prof. Dr. Aitor Ibarrola - The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on forced migration

In the last couple of weeks, I have revisited Susan Sontag's famous essay on the uses of illness/disease as controlling metaphors in the hope that it may raise my students’ consciousness of the ways in which health crises of the kind we are living through may provoke different types of reactions among political leaders, scholars or just common folk. Although, of course, Sontag focused her essay on other types of diseases, the sort of discourses that are emerging around the Covid19 epidemic can be seen to resemble in several ways those used in the past with regard to other so-called "cosmic" illnesses. Sontag raises a cautionary note in particular regarding the moralistic meanings often associated to these metaphors which can mark and stigmatize specific social groups as contributing to the spread of the disease. Needless to say, the existence of feelings of mistrust, prejudice, contempt or even bigotry against those groups in specific societies is likely to boost those (injurious) uses of the metaphors.

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Prof. Dr. Peter Scholten - How COVID-19 transforms migration and diversity governance

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Dr. Murat Erdogan - Turkey and Covid-19: Don’t forget refugees

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It has been more than 3 months since the first COVID-19 case was detected in Turkey. Government efforts have kept number of deaths relatively low and the health system so far appears to be coping reas...

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Dr. Daniela Vintila - COVID-19 and emergency measures in European countries for migrant diaspora

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In a context of increased migration and overexposure of mobile individuals to social risks, the social protection of diaspora populations has become an area of concern across Europe. However, there is...

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Dr. Alessandro Mazzola - COVID-19 crisis and forced migration in Europe

Dr. Alessandro Mazzola - COVID-19 crisis and forced migration in Europe

The pandemic pushed European states to a radical shift in priorities. Migration issues, at first, took a back seat in political agendas. We also saw significant reduction in civil society engagement, ...

20 Juni 202027min

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Icduygu - Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on irregular migrant workers

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Icduygu - Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on irregular migrant workers

This lecture elaborates the current economic, social, and health risks and challenges faced by irregular migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in many parts of the world. It is already document...

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Prof. Dr. Jorge Duran - Corona and seasonal workers, The mexico USA case

Prof. Dr. Jorge Duran - Corona and seasonal workers, The mexico USA case

Mexico and the USA share one of the largest and most intensively used border. More than 30 million people living in the USA have Mexican roots, and millions of them are without regular permits for res...

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izv. prof. dr. sc. - Access to asylum protection and Corona: challenges at EU external borders

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On 16 March 2020, the EU has brought a decision on Temporary Restriction on Non-Essential Travel to the EU in view of COVID-19, already extended to mid-June. Although there are the exemptions to that ...

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