{"id":3211,"date":"2021-02-09T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T17:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:06","slug":"james-milner-opendemocracy-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2021\/james-milner-opendemocracy-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Is COVID-19 an opportunity to achieve the rights of refugees?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Is COVID-19 an opportunity to achieve the rights of refugees?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>On 9 February, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/pandemic-border\/covid-19-opportunity-achieve-rights-refugees\/\">openDemocracy<\/a> published an article by LERRN Director <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/james-milner\/\">James Milner<\/a> on the opportunities for meaningful refugee participation, and the possibility for a more responsive and reliable global refugee regime during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article references numerous initiatives by LERRN partners to build a response to the pandemic through the localization of knowledge protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"if-ever-there-was-a-moment-to-recognize-and-reinforce-the-need-for-collective-and-inclusive-action-to-address-issues-of-shared-concern-that-time-is-now\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;If ever there was a moment to recognize and reinforce the need for collective and inclusive action to address issues of shared concern, that time is now.&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/pandemic-border\/covid-19-opportunity-achieve-rights-refugees\/\">Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"upcoming-event\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Event:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This article coincides with a discussion presented by openDemocracy and Ryerson University&#8217;s Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/cu_event\/opendemocracy-cercmigration-covid-19-event\/\">Click here for more info.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 9 February, 2021, openDemocracy published an article by LERRN Director James Milner on the opportunities for meaningful refugee participation, and the possibility for a more responsive and reliable global refugee regime during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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