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Asia-Pacific Migration Report 2020: Assessing Implementation of the Global Compact for Migration Format Migrants in Asia and the Pacific at Higher Risk of COVID-19 and its Socioeconomic Fallout Bangkok – The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose great risks to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals. They are more likely to be exposed to the virus, lack access to health care and other essential services, be stranded in countries without work or social protection and face rising xenophobia. However, as essential workers and remittance providers, migr...

COVID-19 Bangkok – The COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout pose great risks to migrants in the Asia-Pacific, a new United Nations report reveals. They are more likely to be exposed to the virus, lack access to health care and other essential services, be stranded in countries without work or social protection and face rising xenophobia. However, as essential workers and remittance providers, migrants are also key to recovering better. Unlike nationals, migrants have generally not been included in social security provisions like unemployment insurance or income support. Migrants...