Public Health & Crises

When we write of racism in the region, it’s often about individuals who take to various platforms to spew venom on foreigners. What is rarely acknowledged is that the discourse finds deep roots in the very way in which these Governments build and run the countries. This Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates that even if the virus doesn’t discriminate, the system will.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the financial exclusion of migrant workers and their families has been thrown into sharp relief.