'When the schools were closed, some parents were still taking their kids to school, two or three days after the schools had shut down.' Together with her team, Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka researches the experiences of recent Eritrean and Ethiopian migrants to the Netherlands during COVID-19; their findings are alarming.
Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka discussed the research findings in this interview with Erasmus Magazine. She describes the many factors explaining the vulnerability of the Habesha community (people of Ethiopian and Eritrean heritage) in the Netherlands.
Language and a general lack of access to information is a big problem, as is limited resources such as computers for online education and work and the worry migrants have about family members is their countries of origin.
Read the full interview in EM magazine - Corona science: ‘When you are a migrant, hearts and thoughts are torn apart between two different places’
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