Migrant workers bear the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic that the world is grappling with today, the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) initiated a series of virtual conferences focusing on pertinent issues and challenges related to the COVID-19 crisis.

The first of the CCA Webinar Series was held on 30 April 2020 on the topic ‘Plight of Migrant Workers amidst the COVID-19 Crisis’.

“Among the most vulnerable in wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Asia and the Arabian Gulf are migrant workers – especially those who are semi-skilled workers, those employed in domestic work, and those in labour camps. Internal migrant workers and overseas workers across Asia are among the many who are bearing the worst brunt of the pandemic’s consequences,” panellists of the virtual conference opined. 

Read the full CCA article, Migrant workers bear the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis and its growing impacts, observe CCA webinar panellists by Ruth Mathen.

The CCA held a second virtual conference for Thursday 7 May 2020 on the  topic ‘Churches in Asia Responding to COVID-19 Crisis’.  To find out more about this discussion please visit the CCA website news and views page or read Bishop Philip Huggins'notes on both conferences.

Pictured above: Some of the participants of the CCA’s virtual conference on ‘Plight of Migrant Workers amidst COVID-19 Crisis’  (Photo: Jay Roy Tipayan, CCA)