Mercy Corps: COVID-19 Economic Ramifications Threaten Already Fragile Humanitarian Situation in Colombia
April 03, 2020
April 03, 2020
PORTLAND, Oregon, April 3 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement:
Colombia is in the midst of a 19-day quarantine to curb the spread of COVID-19. The quarantine is already having severe economic ramifications, particularly for the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees who are now unable to earn an income in the informal work sector. Hugh Aprile, Mercy Corps' Country Director in Colombia, explains:
"The immediate economic crisis spurre . . .
Colombia is in the midst of a 19-day quarantine to curb the spread of COVID-19. The quarantine is already having severe economic ramifications, particularly for the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees who are now unable to earn an income in the informal work sector. Hugh Aprile, Mercy Corps' Country Director in Colombia, explains:
"The immediate economic crisis spurre . . .