Giving Compass' Take:

• Shelly Culbertson explains that refugees residing in urban areas face numerous challenges that are exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening them and the countries they live in. 

• What role can you play in supporting the needs of refugees in your community? How can systems change improve the lives of refugees in urban areas? 

•  Learn about supporting the health needs of refugees during COVID-19. 

Having escaped conflict and persecution, refugees now risk illness and death from COVID-19. That risk is heightened by a policy regime that focuses largely on refugees in camps, not the almost two-thirds who live in urban areas. But the crisis could provide an opportunity to reform a broken system for the benefit of refugees and host countries alike.

Read the full article about urban refugees at RAND Corporation.