African Immigrant Care Workers & COVID in the US: Their Fears, Protections, and Recalibrations

By Cati Coe

This article is part of the series: Dispatches from the pandemic

The US healthcare system depends on the labor of immigrant healthcare professionals, a fact mainly unrecognized and unreported during the pandemic. Twenty-eight percent of physicians are foreign-born, as are 22 percent of nursing assistants (Batalova 2020). The immigrant professionals make up even more of the workforce in healthcare positions that are undervalued, in comparison to what is considered skilled medical …

Features

April 12, 2019

Queer Zones: Refugees from Africa and Interactions with Canada’s Borderlands

By Notisha Massaquoi

This article is part of the series: Medico-Legal Borderlands

On June 28, 2009, a group of queer Africans took to the streets of Toronto. In what is one of the largest and longest-running Pride parades in North America, this group led the way. As well as being queer and born in Africa, they were all also seeking refugee status in Canada. As they proceeded along the parade route, they …

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African Immigrant Care Workers & COVID in the US: Their Fears, Protections, and Recalibrations

Queer Zones: Refugees from Africa and Interactions with Canada’s Borderlands