The spread of COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on lives globally. In refugee host countries, new challenges and opportunities are emerging as daily life is altered to accommodate physical distancing measures, travel restrictions, and changes to the way that humanitarian assistance is delivered. This section of our website will provide updates on the way that COVID-19 is impacting the geographic regions where LERRN works. We will be highlighting situation reports and insights from our partners on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon, Kenya and Tanzania.

Saturday, April 30, 2022

LERRN Congratulates Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees on its 40th Anniversary!

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees marked its 40th anniversary as a journal dedicated to the study of forced migration with the publication of its spring (38.1) issue on 29 April 2022. Refuge is edited by LERRN Partner and Protection Working Group member Dagmar Soennecken of York University. In addition to Refuge's general articles, book... More

Friday, October 16, 2020

[CLOSED] Call for Papers – Refuge in the Time of Pandemic

PLEASE NOTE: The submission period for this call has closed. For current details on submitting to Refuge, Click Here. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees is issuing an open call for submissions on the theme of “Refuge in the Time of Pandemic.” Refuge is interested in two broad types of submissions: a. shorter research notes (max 2,500... More

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Education Under Covid-19 Lockdown: Reflections from Teachers, Students and Parents

Dr. Maha Shuayb and other LERRN partners at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) issued a timely and important report on the impact of COVID-19 on education, including for refugees, in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. The report is based on a CLS online survey which collected information from 678 people, the majority being parents... More

Monday, June 22, 2020

New report on Education and COVID-19 in Jordan

The Centre for Lebanese Studies, with the support of LERRN, has released a new report on how education for refugees and nationals in Jordan has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and making recommendations for future responses. In Jordan, more than 2 million students across public, private, and United Nations Relief and Works Agency... More

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Refugees and COVID-19: More than a Health Issue

By Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Georgetown University Hundreds, maybe thousands, of articles and reports have appeared recently, analyzing the potential for the COVID-19 virus to wreak havoc among refugees living in crowded conditions with inadequate sanitation and limited access to health care. Refugees International, for example, traces in painful... More

Sunday, April 19, 2020

By Refugees, for Refugees: Refugee leadership during COVID-19 and Beyond

At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019, LERRN partnered with the Global Refugee-led Network to endorse the importance of refugee participation. Now in the midst of this global pandemic, it’s more important than ever to recognize refugees as partners in the COVID-19 response, as well as equal partners in research, policy... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Kenya Government’s Loud Silence on Refugees and COVID-19 Outbreak

By Dulo Nyaoro As I am writing this piece, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya. Nine have died while 25 have fully recovered. While it is too early to confidently conclude that it is the strict measures that the Kenya government has instituted that has suppressed the spread of Coronavirus, the numbers... More

Friday, April 10, 2020

Uncertainty of the Coronavirus in Kakuma Refugee Camp

By Pascal Zigashane The world is facing a health threat and Kenya is finding it very crucial to contain the spread of COVID-19. Kakuma refugee camp is an arid place with no agriculture activities. Refugees fully depend on food stock from other counties in Kenya, especially Kitale County. Fear rises amongst refugees if they... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

The Severe Consequences of the COVID Pandemic on Daily Wage Workers in Jordan

By Dr. Oroub El Abed  Jordan is taking a number of pivotal measures to fight the spread of COVID-19. In her latest post, Dr. Oroub El Abed, a principal researcher and co-investigator in Jordan at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, outlines the new challenges this crisis has created in the labour market, especially for... More

Monday, April 6, 2020

The Increased Vulnerability of the Refugee Population to COVID-19 Within Tanzanian Refugee Camps

By Faith Mario Mjalilla This year’s World Health Day comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the globe and putting millions of lives at risk. It’s important to highlight that refugees are more vulnerable to infection due to their precarious living conditions in camps. As the world continues its attempt to... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Education Response(s) to COVID-19 in Jordan: Ongoing Education at all Costs

By Dina Batshon Written: 31/3/2020 2,372,736 learners in Jordan from pre-primary all the way to tertiary education, nationals and non-nationals, are affected by the nationwide closures of educational institutions [1] as the country comes towards the end of its second week under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. This past March has had... More

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