OCHR Webinar: ‘Migrants, Displaced People and the COVID Crisis’

Prof. Siegel said that remittances are estimated to decrease by almost 20 percent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She also addressed the effects of this reduction for development. The other experts on the panel discussed how COVID-19 impacts internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North-West Syria, migrants in the Gulf states and mobility in the Schengen zone. Watch a recording of the webinar here.