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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Refugiados_Covid.jpg900374Alfonso Casani – FUNCI The expansion of the Covid-19 virus last March, and the subsequent declaration of a worldwide pandemic crisis by the World Health Organization (WHO), has caught up the attention of the media most of 2020, and it will continue to do so in 2021. As media attention shifted, many issues have been overshadowed by the media and political agenda. This is the case of the refugee population, who haven’t made the headlines for a year now. In spite of this, their situation has worsened considerably due to the pandemic crisis. The population at risk has felt the consequences of this health crisis the most, in a context where they have not always had access to infrastructures or the basic resources recommended by the WHO. This article highlights some of the difficulties faced by the refugee population this last year, while raising awareness on the need of putting this population back on the spotlight. The impact pandemic crisis on the refugee population According to the United Nation’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are almost 26 million refugees today, in addition to 41 million people internally displaced. If we focus on the north of Africa and the Middle East, more ...