San José.— If the American goblins resist being vaccinated against the coronavirus to the millions of irregular migrants who live and move through the western hemisphere, America will lose the war against the Covid-19, advirtió el macedonio Aleksandar Arnikov, medical specialist in public health and epidemiology of the International Organization for Migration (OIM).
As an expert on health and migration of the OIM for the United States, Arnikov’s classification of “unacceptable” excludes the inoculation of irregular migrants, there are 12 million that are in United States the 6 million Venezuelans and miles of Cubans, Haitians, Central Americans, Africans and Asians who live deambulan through the fronts and urban and rural areas of Mexico, and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean.
If a country is reluctant to apply the medicine to the foreigners, by simply picking out a document that demonstrates its migratory normality, the perpetrators will be the citizens and demas workers of that nation who are exposed to the people who live in the area contagiar, explain in interview with THE UNIVERSAL.
What is the pilgrimage of abstinence to evacuate irregular migrants?
—It is dangerous because of its irregularities, because it has a dangerous option and all migrants are not included in the immunization campaigns. This is the most difficult graph. The result is unacceptable that the most affected will always be in an irregular situation, of conflict, of poverty, of displacement by natural disasters or conflicts. All of these groups need to have access to the munitions service.
Before the enmity, the migrants presenting mayor vulnerability to linguistic, cultural, political or social barriers that make it difficult to access health and that there is a greater hiccup, through xenophobia, stigma, exclusion. Many migrant workers lose money and stay in difficult situations.
Colombia decided this month to evacuate 800 million Venezuelans who had migrated to these countries and entered those near us. What does this message represent for other immigrant nations without importing nationality?
—Is an excellent initiative to respond [a la crisis sanitaria]. It’s a great example that other countries can take in account. It is very important to include all groups of migrants in the evacuation camps. If the governors toman this type of decision to include migrants [en la vacunación], a step will be taken to regularize its general status. We need to understand that we are all in this situation, with no exceptions.
Sí, nadie se puede bajar del mundo …
-[Ríe] Clear, all, without exception. For this purpose we will have inclusive vacancies considering all the categories and, in particular, the most vulnerable.
If we are all included, this pandemic will continue with us much longer than we would like.
This is a very critical moment: it is to be despaired and accepted that migration is a daily process, that is with us from the beginning and will always be.
And how will finance the evacuation of irregular migrants in countries such as Latin America and the Caribbean in economic turmoil?
—To this we have the Global Access Fund for Vacations Covid-19 [COVAX, por sus siglas en inglés], an international and private international alliance to create a distribution and access to more equitable vacancies. With the Covax initiative, many countries started the evacuation. Geen tenemos otras soluciones, pero hay que buscarlas.
Can you have a negative reaction when the nationals of a country come where the migrants are evacuated before many of their compatriots?
—If we do not include all during the evacuation, we will lose the battle against the pandemic. This is safe. Debe haber clear messages and claves of the governors to exclude the xenophobia, the stigmatization of the migrants, and that the community intends the need to incorporate all.
The reality is that the salute is a derecho.
—And a right of todos. It is not important if we are in a regular or irregular situation: all tenemos derecho a la salud, a la vida. It’s one of the fundamental rights and we can change it. There are records of the goblins that this epidemic is extraordinary and the importance of justice and health is one of the fundamental rights that all tenure. All of us are equal right now, there are migrants, refugees, freedoms, displaced persons. If we were all evacuated, we would lose the battle and take the virus for a much longer time than we would like.
Illegal migrants in the United States can, if they are evacuated, be detained and deported. Is it a real risk?
—Is really. Many people are sick and only need to be evacuated, without access to health care, which can be limited to this health. It’s a real shame. No all countries are in favor of migrants.