WHO publishes new study on the pandemic’s impact on migrants
In December 2020, the World Health Organisation published the results of its survey on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants, including people with irregular status, as experienced and reported by them. 35% of the (more than) 30,000 migrants surveyed said they did not seek health care for suspected COVID-19 infection because of financial constraints, while 22% avoided doing so because of fear of deportation. Responses show that many civil society and other support organisations played an important role in disseminating accessible information on COVID-19.
US government extends COVID aid to households with undocumented family members
In December 2020, the United States Congress passed with broad bipartisan support a 900 billion USD coronavirus relief package that will allow mixed status households (comprised of U.S. citizens and undocumented family members) to receive 600 USD of direct COVID-19 related financial assistance, with an additional 600 USD for each dependent child. The legislation also makes mixed status households retroactively eligible for one-time payments of 1200 USD per household and 500 USD per child under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of March 2020, from which they had been excluded.
WHO publishes new study on the pandemic’s impact on migrants
In December 2020, the World Health Organisation published the results of its survey on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants, including people with irregular status, as experienced and reported by them. 35% of the (more than) 30,000 migrants surveyed said they did not seek health care for suspected COVID-19 infection because of financial constraints, while 22% avoided doing so because of fear of deportation. Responses show that many civil society and other support organisations played an important role in disseminating accessible information on COVID-19.
US government extends COVID aid to households with undocumented family members
In December 2020, the United States Congress passed with broad bipartisan support a 900 billion USD coronavirus relief package that will allow mixed status households (comprised of U.S. citizens and undocumented family members) to receive 600 USD of direct COVID-19 related financial assistance, with an additional 600 USD for each dependent child. The legislation also makes mixed status households retroactively eligible for one-time payments of 1200 USD per household and 500 USD per child under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of March 2020, from which they had been excluded.