The first case of the coronavirus has reached the world's biggest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. The IRC's 24/7 clinic operates day and night and is ready to respond if the virus spreads.  This video was funded by the European Union. 

Refugees should not be kept in closed and controlled camps but rather shared community settings. International Rescue Committee Advocacy Officer Melina Koumpou speaks from the Greek island of Samos where many refugees live isolated behind barbed wire in a closed controlled camp far from the nearest city.

"I tried many times to take my children and leave Afghanistan.

Along with hundreds of other refugees, Audrey, Baimba and Hassan have received mental health support from the IRC whilst living in Greece’s overcrowded camps. They’ve confronted the traumas of the past whilst living in conditions that no one should have to endure. The pandemic has only made things tougher for refugees living in camps with lockdowns trapping people in intolerable conditions.