Migrants in Europe: the invisible victims of Covid-19 (Replay)

In a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants, next to Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, April 2, 2020. REUTERS / Elias Marcou

By: Léa-Lisa Westerhoff Follow

In a context of a global pandemic, migrants, more precarious and therefore more exposed, are doubly victims.

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In Greece, for example, it has been three and a half months since the thousands of migrants parked in overcrowded camps have been forced into quarantine by the government. And this while the country is reopening its doors to tourists. In Turkey too, the situation is bitter. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrants reach Istanbul, the last stop before Europe. But with the epidemic of the new coronavirus and the strengthening of border controls in Greece, most have found themselves stranded for months in particularly trying situations. This is the case of Amadou, a young Senegalese who spoke to the microphone of our correspondent Anne Andlauer .

The flop of the regularizations of migrant workers in the Italian countryside
The announcement had raised a wind of hope in Italy! In mid-May 2020, the Minister of Agriculture Teresa Bellanova announced the possible regularization of tens of thousands of migrant workers employed in the fields or with the elderly. Extremely awaited by migrant workers, but also associations, which had not seen a decree of regularization since 2009. Almost a month and a half after its announcement, the measure made many disappointed. Cécile Debarge's report .

With a virus still circulating, most major festivals in Europe have been forced to cancel this summer. But among the exceptions, there is the largest theater festival in Portugal: Almada, which is held near Lisbon, is indeed maintained. And to limit the number of spectators, the festival has simply chosen to extend its programming over four weekends instead of two. Our correspondent Marie-Line Darcy met the organizers of the Almada festival.

And after the theater, let's make way for the music with the chronicle of Vincent Theval. The choice of the day: Is this a dream, from the last album of the Englishman Badly Drawn Boy.

( Replay of July 3, 2020 )

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