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CHAPTER D-8
Migrant Health in a Time of Pandemic:
Fallacies of Us-Versus-Them
Y.Y. Brandon Chen*
Abstract
International migrants—including, among others, immigrants, refu-
gees, asylum seekers, foreign workers, and international students—
are at greater risk of being affected by COVID-19. However, following
the onset of the pandemic, many of them continue to be denied
publicly funded health care and income supports in Canada. For
migrants who are granted entitlement to these government programs,
significant access barriers exist. These exclusionary policies under-
score a dynamic of us-versus-them, in which migrants are portrayed
as a threat to public health and undeserving of the Canadian soci-
ety’s help. This process of “othering” fails to adequately appreciate
migrants’ belonging in and contributions to Canada. It runs counter to
the principles of equality and reciprocity that are central to our legal
order, and it also risks compromising our collective pursuit of public
health. An effective response to the current pandemic requires soli-
darity among all members of society instead of insistent line drawing
between citizens and migrants who are similarly situated.
* Assistant Professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law
Section).
VULNERABLE
The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Titel
- VULNERABLE
- Untertitel
- The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
- Autoren
- Vanessa MacDonnell
- Jane Philpott
- Sophie Thériault
- Sridhar Venkatapuram
- Verlag
- Ottawa Press
- Datum
- 2020
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 9780776636429
- Abmessungen
- 15.2 x 22.8 cm
- Seiten
- 648
- Kategorien
- Coronavirus
- International