Migrants aren ’t spreading the coronavirus – but nationalists are blaming them anyway | Daniel Trilling

Politicians across Europe have been quick to exploit the outbreak by heaping suspicion on the most marginalisedWhen I give talks on Europe ’s “refugee crisis” I often start by showing a photograph of a rescue boat arriving at the port of Augusta in Sicily, in 2015. It shows a teenage girl of African or Middle Eastern origin looking quizzically at a European official covered from head to toe in white protective gear, with face mas k and goggles. Who, I like to ask the audience, is the threat to whom?Related:Greek authorities scramble to calm tensions over migrant detention campContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 28, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Daniel Trilling Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Science Infectious diseases World news Migration Italy Europe Greece Source Type: news