Highlights We present results from an ethnographic study on Venezuelan migrants’ access to healthcare in seven Latin American cities. COVID-19 has worsened conditions of informality and health inequities for Venezuelan migrants. The main obstacles to healthcare access are legal, financial, and relating to discrimination and information asymmetry. Migrants rely on alternative care, such as telemedicine, extralegal doctors, and pharmacies.

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Forced migrants and refugees are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different and often more profound ways than local populations. This article examines the multilayered vulnerabilities these groups face due to forced immobility, precarious legal status, loss of income, and risks of eviction due to lockdown measures, as well as forced return migration. It discusses the public health and socioeconomic implications of each of these contexts, providing examples from different world regions, with a focus on South America. A key conclusion is the importance of providing regularization mechanisms for migrants, as well as including migrant and refugee populations in states’ emergency responses.

Este libro es el resultado de una iniciativa de investigación conjunta del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) para mejorar las condiciones de bienestar de la población migrante en América Latina y el Caribe, y contribuir a facilitar su integración en la sociedad a través de la generación de evidencia sobre la entrega de información e influencia en el diseño de políticas públicas. El análisis de los efectos de las intervenciones que se presentan en este libro tiene el potencial de informar el diseño de futuras políticas, con vistas a contribuir a la aceleración de la integración de la población migrante en las comunidades receptoras.

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