The impact of the contagion has sharply intensified across the Middle East in recent weeks, matching soaring global numbers. The UN’s refugee body, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have added weight to the concerns, imploring that refugees and migrants are included in governments’ vaccine allocations. Iraq’s displaced communities have had a similar experience. Poor people like me never will.”UNHCR said global numbers of forced displacement crossed the 80 million mark in the middle of 2020. If Iraq receives the vaccine we will also get it, despite the fact that they don’t consider Yazidis as Iraqis.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2021 11:37 UTC