NGOs call on EU governments to protect refugees and migrants amid COVID-19 outbreak

Extract of the article originally published by NewEurope, 19 March 2020 – accessible here

Author: Raphaella Stavrinou

NGOs working with refugees warned EU governments over the high risk of COVID-19 hitting refugee camps and called for an urgent epidemic response to be put in place. […] Refugee Rights Europe, in a respective call, urged health authorities across Europe to settle plans for refugee camps, and called on the European Commission to monitor and push for the implementation of such plans.

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