What Is Vaccination Equity?
With the COVID-19 vaccine rollout now underway, some immigrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers are being left behind.
Isabella Alexander-Nathani
Isabella Alexander-Nathani is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, educator, and cultural anthropologist focused on human rights. She is the founder and executive director of Small World Films, a nonprofit production studio that uses grounded social science research and social impact storytelling to lift the voices of marginalized populations to the global stage and to fight for international policy change. Follow her on Twitter @isabella_writes and Instagram @smallworldfilms.
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Coronavirus Is Killing the Hope of Asylum
The pandemic has deepened the crisis for the millions of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers who have nowhere to turn in the face of closed ports and seas emptied of rescue boats.
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Offshoring Responsibility for Asylum-Seekers
Australia’s offshore detention and asylum processing centers on Manus and Nauru islands have elicited global criticism—and praise. Will they become the new model for other nations?
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For African Asylum-Seekers, a Treacherous Journey Is Only the Beginning
Every year, tens of thousands of sub-Saharan Africans risk their lives for the chance to gain official refugee status in Europe. Of the few who make it to European soil, most are deported.