What the Pandemic Does – and Doesn't – Change about Migration in Latin America
What the Pandemic Does – and Doesn't – Change about Migration in Latin America
By
Susan Segal
The fear of the coronavirus cannot cloud our moral and political duties to migrants.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on migration
Migration is one of the most pressing issues we face in the hemisphere. As AQ prepared this issue, my focus was on the difference between a migrant and a refugee. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), a person who is forced to flee due to war, violence or persecution is a refugee, while a migrant is someone who chooses to move.
That’s a distinction that, at least in the case of Venezuela, is almost too small to notice. Is a...
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