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

• Main Authors: Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, Andrés Cubillos, Ietza Bojórquez, Michael Rodríguez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020-10-01
• Series: Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
• Subjects: emigration and immigration; public health; pandemics; coronavirus infections; covid-19; venezuela; colombia
• Online Access: https://revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/5512
• ISSN: 0120-4157

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.