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Refugees and Migrant Workers in Asia – the forgotten victims of Covid-19?
Insight, Culture, Public Health Sasha Chua Insight, Culture, Public Health Sasha Chua

Refugees and Migrant Workers in Asia – the forgotten victims of Covid-19?

From migrant workers in India, Rohingya refugees and their deportation from Malaysian shores, to the apparent systematic indifference and discrimination in Singapore’s handling of covid-19 amongst its migrant worker community. ‘Covid-19 has not only caused a global public health crisis, but also a humanitarian emergency.’

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NOA Episode 2.2 A Deep Dive into the Socio-Economic Impacts of Coronavirus
Narratives of Asia Omar Khan Narratives of Asia Omar Khan

NOA Episode 2.2 A Deep Dive into the Socio-Economic Impacts of Coronavirus

Our topic for this two-part podcast is a snapshot of the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in East Asia, the South East Asia region, South Asia and the Middle East. In this episode, we will be looking at the Middle East instead and some of the areas we will be focusing on including the diplomatic developments between countries in the region with the US over trade and exports, the fall of oil prices in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (or GCC for short), Palestinian and Israelian cooperation in their efforts to contain the coronavirus, and also looking closer at regions like Yemen, riddled with years of intrastate wars and refugee crises, and how they are coping under the pressures of the pandemic.

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