A Migrant Model To Follow: Portugal’s Response to the Coronavirus

The United States and other countries should take a cue from Portugal in treating migrants and asylum-seekers during this COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new column from the Center for American Progress.

Portugal’s government announced that, during the pandemic, certain migrants and asylum-seekers in the country would be provided the same full access to public services that permanent residents receive.

At a time when many countries, including the United States, are using the crisis to further exclude and marginalize immigrants, Portugal is exemplifying a pragmatic policy that respects the rights and dignity of all people and helps minimize spread of the virus.

Read the column: “A Migrant Model to Follow: Portugal’s Response to the Coronavirus,” by Alexandra Schmitt and Elisa Massimino.

KJ