Introducción: inmóviles, varados y excluidos: los efectos de la COVID-19 en el régimen internacional de asilo
Palabras clave:
régimen internacional de asilo, COVID-19, refugiados, acceso a protección internacional, fronteras, acogidaResumen
Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals, n. 129
Cuatrimestral (Octubre-diciembre 2021)
ISSN:1133-6595 - E-ISSN:2013-035X
DOI: doi.org/10.24241/rcai.2021.129.3
La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto disruptivo en las dinámicas de la movilidad internacional, afectando de forma particularmente severa a los refugiados. Este artículo analiza el impacto de la crisis sanitaria en la protección internacional, deteniéndose en sus efectos sobre distintas fases del proceso: el acceso al territorio, el acceso al procedimiento, así como la acogida y sus condiciones. A través de un análisis comparado que incorpora las dinámicas observadas en distintas geografías, el artículo profundiza en los efectos de la pandemia en la consolidación de un nuevo régimen global de asilo que hunde sus raíces en las transformaciones observadas desde los años noventa del siglo pasado. Se sostiene que la pandemia ha actuado como un acelerador de algunas de las tendencias observadas que marcan una deriva aún más exclusionista y restrictiva en este régimen global de (des)protección.
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