{"id":20,"date":"2020-06-25T13:52:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/?p=20"},"modified":"2020-06-25T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:53:59","slug":"crisis-within-a-crisis-immigration-around-the-globe-exacerbating-the-existing-vulnerabilities-of-the-worlds-refugees-and-internally-displaced-people-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/crisis-within-a-crisis-immigration-around-the-globe-exacerbating-the-existing-vulnerabilities-of-the-worlds-refugees-and-internally-displaced-people-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis within a Crisis: Immigration around the Globe. Exacerbating the existing vulnerabilities of the world\u2019s refugees and internally displaced people in the midst of a pandemic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u201cGovernmental oppression, war and famine send historic numbers of people streaming via dangerous routes into nearby countries that are overwhelmed and often reluctant to accept them. People are treated as \u201csuspicious\u201d or are brutalized simply because of their gender, race, ethnicity or religious beliefs&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A Social Message on <a href=\"http:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Human_Rights_SM.pdf?_ga=2.27332860.1155845397.1589217151-1436869570.1553877505\">Human Rights, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">An unprecedented global pandemic that knows no border has brought into sharp focus the intersection of immigration and public health policy, and the unique challenges that immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers face throughout the world today. This pandemic is on track to exacerbate the vulnerabilities of some of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iom.int\/system\/files\/pdf\/wmr_2020_en_ch_2.pdf\">272 million international migrants worldwide<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/statistics\/unhcrstats\/5d08d7ee7\/unhcr-global-trends-2018.html\">Persons displaced internally and across borders<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> are particularly at risk \u2013 and the majority of the world\u2019s 25.9 million refugees and 41.3 million internally displaced persons are in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\">developing countries<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> that are being affected by the pandemic, where government institutions and medical facilities won\u2019t be able to cope with the disease due to lack of infrastructure, resources and human capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 outbreak: Migration, effects on society\" width=\"850\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1-768x250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1-250x81.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Millions-pushed-into-extreme-poverty-due-to-COVID-19-1-700x228.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/assets.weforum.org\/editor\/responsive_large_webp_gKyssTbK1uVQQcxOsKfhCaQkB-v0IUg9HL_wHf-uQO8.webp<span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">Governments are increasingly introducing measures to &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/coronavirus-flatten-the-curve.html\">flatten the curve<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">&#8216; as infections are detected in a growing number of countries. As of 26 March, over 180 countries, territories and areas had passed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/migration.iom.int\/\">travel restrictions<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> due to COVID-19, including prohibitions of entry of nationals from other countries. These measures are complemented by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/coronavirus-travel-restrictions.html\">closure of borders<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> in several countries, as well as the temporary suspension of labor migration from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/national\/2020\/03\/07\/as-covid-19-spreads-to-malaysia-and-the-persian-gulf-countries-uncertainty-looms-over-nepal-s-labour-migration\">South Korea<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.t13.cl\/noticia\/mundo\/Covid-19-Argentina-declara-emergencia-sanitaria-por-un-ano-y-suspende-vuelos-desde-paises-afectados\">Argentina<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">, though the epidemiological research on pandemic travel bans show that they are ineffective and do not prevent the spread of disease particularly when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/92\/12\/14-135590\/en\/\">the pandemic has already spread<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">. A virus spreads among citizens just as fast, without selecting who to target.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"wp-image-24 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19-250x169.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19-516x350.jpg 516w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Closeed-by-COVID-19.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2020\/04\/covid-19-is-throttling-vital-migration-flows\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Migrants living in camps at the doorstep of Europe or the United States face the possibility of a devastating virus outbreak given their proximity to highly affected countries and their often-cramped living conditions, coupled with already stretched healthcare services. According to AMMPARO companions, serious outbreaks have already happened among migrants and shelters that are Covid-19 free are no longer accepting new residents for that reason. Physical isolation is not an option.<\/p>\n<p>While the coronavirus pandemic has eclipsed a recent crisis at the border between Turkey and Greece, the situation of facilities in the Greek islands is alarming, leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msf.org\/urgent-evacuation-squalid-camps-greece-needed-over-covid-19-fears\">some<\/a> to call for the immediate evacuation of migrants. Similar fears of a COVID-19 outbreak have been expressed over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/03\/fears-coronavirus-grip-migrant-camps-mexico-border-200312160805524.html\">makeshift migrant camp<\/a> at the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-image-28 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos-583x350.jpg 583w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Moria-Refugee-Camp-on-Lesbos.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>20,000 people are currently living in and around Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.<\/strong> Photograph: Milo\u0161 Bi\u010danski\/Getty<br \/>https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/mar\/11\/lesbos-coronavirus-case-sparks-fears-for-refugee-camp-moria<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ELCA continues to \u00a0and related matters in Mexico and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/letter-to-leadership-covid-aid-LAC-June-2020-F.pdf\">Northern Triangle of Central America<\/a> through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/ammparo\">AMMPARO program<\/a> and its advocacy work.<\/p>\n<p>The plight of migrants in camps is not only at stake in those regions worst affected by the pandemic. As the virus progresses, it will endanger the lives of many in <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iom.int\/books\/world-migration-report-2020-chapter-2\">countries<\/a> that host a large number of displaced persons, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/unrwa-launches-covid-19-us-14-million-flash-appeal-palestine-refugees\">Jordan, Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/03\/1060112\">Syria<\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/03\/coronavirus-panic-grips-rohingya-camps-bangladesh-200326035304558.html\"> Bangladesh<\/a>. Resettlement is even more remote as the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have been forced to temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/03\/1059602\">suspend refugees\u2019 resettlement travels<\/a> due to states\u2019 mobility restrictions and concerns over exposing refugees to COVID-19. Developing countries will need the support of the international community to combat the virus for all who live in their communities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26\" class=\"wp-image-26 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-945x1536.jpg 945w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-250x406.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Physical-Distancing-in-Refugee-Camps-215x350.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/can-i-stay-or-can-i-go-now-longer-term-impacts-covid-19-global-migration<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Coronavirus is also exacerbating the vulnerabilities of migrants working in destination countries. Questions are being raised about the risks for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/mar\/20\/covid-19-lockdown-turns-qatars-largest-migrant-camp-into-virtual-prison\">migrant workers<\/a> in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, as most of them live in highly populated migrant labor camps with insufficient sanitary conditions and pre-existing health issues caused by their work. In addition, \u00a0detained administratively in cramped facilities are at greater risk of becoming infected. Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/portal\/-\/commissioner-calls-for-release-of-immigration-detainees-during-covid-19-crisis\">released<\/a> some irregular migrants from administrative detention given the inability to proceed with deportation under the current state of emergency. The same pledge is being done in the United States, especially after the death of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/coronavirus\/2020\/05\/07\/us-sees-1st-detained-immigrant-death-from-coronavirus\/\">57-year-old man<\/a> in immigration custody held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego and a second death of an immigrant detained at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia<\/p>\n<p>More generally, the lockdown of some countries is impacting all state services, slowing down both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpsy\/article\/PIIS2215-0366(20)30076-6\/fulltext\">migration processing<\/a> and assistance provided to asylum seekers. Some essential migrant support services are simply being closed until further notice due to the prohibition of social gatherings, as is the case with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/covid-19-fears-leads-to-closure-of-colombian-border-s-largest-migrant-kitchen-96762\">migrant kitchen<\/a> at Colombia\u2019s border that normally feeds around 4,500 Venezuelan migrants every day and offers basic medical services.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">In the United States, migrants including unaccompanied children are being turned back at the border or deported back to countries of origin despite their well-founded fear of persecution. All immigration cases except of those detained are being adjourned to new dates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-image-29 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border.png 956w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border-250x150.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Matamoros-Refugee-Camp-USA-Mexico-Border-583x350.png 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>United States Southern Border &#8211; Mexico<\/strong><br \/>https:\/\/oecd-development-matters.org\/2020\/04\/02\/covid-19-consequences-for-international-migration-and-development\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">Migrants\u2019 socioeconomic status may negatively impact their ability to take all precautionary measures against COVID-19 and to receive medical care if contaminated due to lack of or inappropriate health insurance and insufficient financial resources. Among these migrants, those in an undocumented \u00a0 are often uninsured and may be reluctant to enter medical facilities for fear of being reported if no appropriate firewalls exist regarding data sharing with the immigration and law enforcement authorities. From <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpsy\/article\/PIIS2215-0366(20)30076-6\/fulltext\">China<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2020-03-16-hypocrisy-in-the-time-of-covid-19\/\">South Africa<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">, and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfaithimmigration.org\/sdm_downloads\/faith-leaders-include-immigrants-in-covid-19-response\/\">United States<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">, calls are being made for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iom.int\/news\/covid-19-does-not-discriminate-nor-should-our-response\">inclusive COVID-19 responses<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> to ensure migrants are incorporated not only into public health strategies and planning around the world, but also in their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/20\/rights-groups-urge-inclusion-immigrant-families-coronavirus-relief-bill\">national economic relief responses<\/a><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Our Church, Our Social Statements, Our Actions During Times of Coronavirus<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/ELCA-1024x1024-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A longer-term impact of COVID-19 may be on the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iom.int\/books\/world-migration-report-2020-chapter-6\">migrants\u2019 integration and social cohesion<\/a>. Feelings of distrust and instances of discrimination exacerbated by fake news, misinformation and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/commentary\/coronavirus-nationalist-blame-game-by-gregory-a-maniatis-and-monette-zard-2020-03\">politicization<\/a> of the issue have already emerged. The spread of the virus in some countries in Western Africa has even been referred to as the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2020\/03\/06\/covid-19-medias-et-reseaux-sociaux-africains-mettent-en-cause-un-virus-venu-d-ailleurs_6032116_3212.html\">coronization of populations<\/a>\u2019 &#8211; that is, a new form of colonization through the coronavirus, exposing a deep-seated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/asmagazine\/2020\/04\/08\/anti-asian-racism-and-covid-19\">xenophobia<\/a> as well, especially an Anti-Asian sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty and anxiety should not become justifications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lio9z_XuXeM&amp;feature=youtu.be\">scapegoating migrants<\/a>, but rather should be an opportunity to better display <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.eui.eu\/migrationpolicycentre\/us-versus-covid-19-effects\/\">empathy and solidarity<\/a>. The loss of control being felt across communities in the United States and elsewhere \u2013 related to the inability to cross borders, the restrictions on freedom of movement, displays of extreme panic buying, and feelings of physical isolation \u2013 provide insights into the daily struggles faced by displaced persons around the world every day. As church, we should use this understanding to ensure migrants are not left behind and address the scourge of racisms within the policies that sustain our country and communities as well as those in other countries. Lutherans have a <a href=\"https:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Section_VII-Report_of_Memorials_Committee.pdf\">long history<\/a> of supporting migrants in the US (e.g. 2019 Churchwide <a href=\"https:\/\/download.elca.org\/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository\/Legislative_Updates_2019.pdf\">Assembly actions<\/a> through the adoption of the AMMPARO strategy in 2016 and becoming a sanctuary church body in 2019 as well as CA19.03.11 and CA19.05.31). The ELCA <a href=\"https:\/\/elca.org\/Faith\/Faith-and-Society\/Social-Messages\/Human-Rights\">Human Rights Social Statement<\/a> encourages us to draw attention and find courage, and act with discernment and action to promote and protect human rights.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, migrants are often treated as \u201csuspicious\u201d or are brutalized simply because of their gender, race, ethnicity or religious beliefs. And the root causes of their migration journey usually lie because of war, extreme poverty, lack of access to basic services, such as clean water, and environmental degradation, which doesn\u2019t allow them to flourish within their communities. Our church teaches us that \u201cthrough Jesus, our relational God took on the vulnerable and finite human form of a Jewish man, a group oppressed by the Roman Empire. The Word&#8217;s embodiment in concrete, finite form teaches that recognizing the multidimensional needs of human bodies is one means of honoring God\u2019s creation. Working to uphold rights is a concrete way to respond to the neighbor\u2019s need\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-image-30\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions-250x146.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/ammparo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/06\/Reflection-Questions-600x350.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 REFLECTION QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Genesis 12:1<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 The call of Abram:\u00a0 \u201cGo from your country and your kindred and your father\u2019s house to the land that I will show you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Look for more information about how the AMMPARO network is responding to vulnerable communities both international and in the US in upcoming blog posts.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGovernmental oppression, war and famine send historic numbers of people streaming via dangerous routes into nearby countries that are overwhelmed and often reluctant to accept them. 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