Just Emergencies Episode 15: Covid-19 and the Migrant Crisis

In episode 15, Dr. Shahvisi discusses the migrant ‘crisis’, the impact of Covid-19 on refugee populations, vaccine nationalism, and academic activism.
» Read moreIn episode 15, Dr. Shahvisi discusses the migrant ‘crisis’, the impact of Covid-19 on refugee populations, vaccine nationalism, and academic activism.
» Read moreIn their AJoB Commentary, Angela Ballantyne and Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra discuss to what extent the under-representation of minoritised ethnic groups in Covid-19 vaccine research constitutes an injustice.
» Read moreAyesha Ahmad, drawing on her experience as an expert witness in asylum seeker cases, discusses the conflict between the trauma that asylum seekers embody, live, and express and the way that such stories are received by the paradigms of psychiatry and law.
» Read moreEmma Nance, postgraduate student on the LLM in Medical Law and Ethics at Edinburgh University School of Law, shares her thoughts and personal experience of racism in the context of Covid-19.
» Read moreThe possibility of using immunity certifications as a new way of monitoring and managing the spread of Covid-19 has recently garnered a lot of attention. Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra recently spoke at Nuffield’s ‘Ethical implications of antibody testing and “immunity certification”’ webinar about how such policies might exacerbate existing inequalities. Find out more and watch the webinar (link included) here.
» Read moreIn our fourth animation, Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra discusses the terms ’emergency’, ‘disasters’, and ‘crisis’, their usage, and their ethical implications.
» Read morePeter West-Oram discusses how the UK government has failed to act in solidarity with its citizens during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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