COVID-19 has severely impacted all aspects of the global refugee protection system. Border closures, dramatically reduced air travel, constrained humanitarian aid, and direct risks from the virus itself are among the many factors exacerbating hardships faced by refugees and asylum seekers.1¹ As we emerge from this period of profound closure, the reopening of our refugee protection systems will be intimately linked to the pandemic’s ongoing impacts on our economies, politics, and societies.

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难民的社区赞助和 COVID-19 的挑战

COVID-19 严重影响了全球难民保护系统的各个方面。边境关闭、航空旅行大幅减少、人道主义援助受限以及病毒本身带来的直接风险是加剧难民和寻求庇护者面临的困难的众多因素之一^{。1 1}随着我们从这个严重关闭的时期走出来，我们的难民重新开放保护系统将与大流行对我们的经济、政治和社会的持续影响密切相关。