Crossings|the Refugee Experience in America

This is an informational episode which looks at the impact the global pandemic is having on refugee populations.   An overview of responses from organizations including the World Health Organization, the UN High Commission on Refugees, the International Rescue Committee, and OXFAM International.  These organizations use their global reach to mount large scale efforts to identify cases of coronavirus & mitigate the spread among refugee populations. They are also assuring that information on the pandemic reaches vulnerable populations through a myriad of communication methods (from the high tech to town criers). Includes clips from the UN and World Health Organization’s public global press conference on May 7, 2020: Global Humanitarian Response to COVID-19.