Renate Held is Regional Director for the International Organization for Migration Austria Regional Office in Vienna.

Reimagining Human Mobility in a Post-COVID-19 World

A group of men from Asia stranded in Bosnia and Herzegovina wait for assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). © IOM 2020
Ms. Renate Held, Regional Director for the IOM Austria Regional Office in Vienna. © IOM 2020
IOM Azerbaijan staff helping a group of stranded Sri Lankans return home. The majority were students or businesspeople who were unable to continue studying or trading due to COVID-19 restrictions. © IOM 2020
Renate Held

No phenomenon has been as affected by humanity’s reaction to COVID-19 as migration. Simply put, humans are the main vector for the transmission of the virus, so the mobility aspects of our response had to be factored in from day one.

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