Seeking Protection in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Future of Asylum (April 2021) Format NEW REPORT SHARES IMPACT OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ON THE RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM WASHINGTON, DC -- A new report released today from Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) and Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM),* Seeking Protection in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Future of Asylum*, finds that restrictions put into place to protect public health during the pandemic will have long-lasting impacts on US and global asylum policies and that these restrictions amplified existing inequalities between displaced and host populations. The report, which provides snapshots of policies and their impacts from regions and countries around the world, makes clear that people seeking safety from persecution and violence have not been able to legally do so over the last year.