YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after a U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell.
2021-03-10 04:11:54 GMT2021-03-10 12:11:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GENEVA, March 9 (Xinhua) A global humanitarian organization warned that an invisible wall has blocked migrants from access to basic services since the COVID-19 pandemic started and is preventing them from accessing vaccines.
While lockdowns and other measures were designed to control the spread of the coronavirus, they also inadvertently increased suffering among migrants, said the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in a new report on Tuesday.
Because of the restrictions, many migrants have lost their jobs and livelihoods, and were subsequently unable to meet their most basic needs, leading to worrying levels of food insecurity and homelessness due to their inability to pay rent and worsening mental health conditions, it said.
Geneva, 10 March 2021 – Nascent efforts to ensure fair and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will fail unless a “deadly gap” in global immunization policy and funding is quickly filled. This is the stark warning issued today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Much of the focus of […]
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