The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, has warned countries around the world about the restrictions on the right to asylum, which they are attempting to put in place or are already putting in place in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
In a press release issued on Thursday 19 March, the senior official stated that in order to combat the spread of COVID-19, “many countries are rightly adopting exceptional measures, restricting air travel and cross-border...