Migrants in the Pandemic: Underestimated Challenges and Risks
Migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons were particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic, owing both to their heightened risk of infection and to more severe disease courses. Although their in-hospital mortality rate was lower, their overall mortality was higher. This study underlines the importance of integrating social and health inequities into future pandemic preparedness plans in order to better protect these especially at-risk groups.
COVID-19 among migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons: systematic review, meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis of the global empirical literature. eClinicalMedicine 2024.