COVID-19 IMPACTS ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION: GLOBAL RESPONSES
positive and inclusive responses to the pandemic are viable
and beneficial, by extending healthcare, socio-economic, and
residence rights to marginalised populations, introducing
firewalls to prevent data-sharing with immigration authorities,
releasing people from immigration detention, and taking steps
to guarantee a minimum basic income. If such measures are
possible during a pandemic, why not in the longer-term too?
NINA MURRAY
Head of Policy & Research
European Network on Statelessness
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International Detention Coalition and Western Sydney University