La pandemia del coronavirus y la actuación de las casas de migrantes y centros de atención scalabrinianos en Sudamérica

Abstract

This text is a systematic essay on the contribution made by the directors of the Scalabrinian migrants’ houses and centers of attention, articulated in networks by the Scalabrini International Migration Network (SIMN), in several countries of South America, during the period of the coronavirus pandemic. It is based on the report “Communication on the performance of the houses of migrants and Scalabrinian centers of attention during the pandemic COVID-19”, which summarizes and makes a first systematization on the performance of each of these houses in the first three months of the health emergency of the coronavirus. This reading of the performance of the Scalabrinian migrants’ homes and centers of care in South America has, therefore, as a reference, the perspective of action of its leaders. From their look at the reality in which they operate, a diagnosis is made of the context of migration, of the daily reality of migrants, of living together in reception houses, of relations with the public authorities and other cooperation and humanitarian aid entities, and therefore Finally, the lessons and perspectives they learn from this exceptional period, lived during the COVID-19 pandemic.