Recommendations for the response against COVID-19 in migratory contexts under a closed border: The case of Colombia

Despite the positive response of Colombia's health system to the arrival of Venezuelan migrants, the new challenges that accompany the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a closed-borders response that runs the risk of encouraging a negative view of migrants and increasing their health risks. This...

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Autores principales: Fernández-Niño, Julián Alfredo, Cubillos-Novella, Andrés, Bojórquez, Letza, Rodríguez, Michael
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Publicado: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33152189
http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5512
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description Despite the positive response of Colombia's health system to the arrival of Venezuelan migrants, the new challenges that accompany the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a closed-borders response that runs the risk of encouraging a negative view of migrants and increasing their health risks. This manuscript discusses the recommendations that could be proposed in the case of a country with limited resources such as Colombia to respond to the needs of the Venezuelan mixed migrant flows.
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spelling pubmed-76768242020-11-20 Recommendations for the response against COVID-19 in migratory contexts under a closed border: The case of Colombia Fernández-Niño, Julián Alfredo Cubillos-Novella, Andrés Bojórquez, Letza Rodríguez, Michael Biomedica Essay Despite the positive response of Colombia's health system to the arrival of Venezuelan migrants, the new challenges that accompany the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a closed-borders response that runs the risk of encouraging a negative view of migrants and increasing their health risks. This manuscript discusses the recommendations that could be proposed in the case of a country with limited resources such as Colombia to respond to the needs of the Venezuelan mixed migrant flows. Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7676824/ /pubmed/33152189 http://dx.doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.5512 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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