During the current pandemic, the NHS has been doing an amazing job treating victims of Covid-19 despite being overstretched and understaffed. One of the ways in which that burden can be eased is to allow refugee doctors who qualified in their country of origin to be allowed to practise as doctors in the UK. We are therefore calling on the government and the medical authorities to speed up their registration procedures, so that refugee doctors who are keen to play their part c

The impact that the coronavirus pandemic, and subsequent lockdown, is having on young unaccompanied refugees and asylum seekers has been overviewed in evidence submitted by JCORE to the APPG on Social Integration’s inquiry on Covid-19 and social isolation. Already one of the most vulnerable and isolated groups in society, the submission emphasizes that while the coronavirus has introduced new difficulties, it has also exacerbated several pre-existing challenges. Concerningly,