The workers at Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Lebanon will begin tests in refugee camps in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, after the positive of a Palestinian-Syrian refugee. The Government has been concerned that the high population density in the camp could promote the spread of the virus.

But it's not the only one that contributes to the expansion of density. More and more voices are selling out that the hygiene and safety standards of the camps are not being complied with. 100 people in Halberstadt’s German camp, for example, are on hunger strike to denounce the lack of hygiene and space.

Camp Moria (Lesbos, Greece), which has recently attracted international attention, is another of the places where it complains about it. Human rights organizations have denounced that this space is conducive to the expansion of the pandemic, since, although it was created for 3,000 people, it has about 20,000 inhabitants and water and soap are as scarce as precious among refugees. To this must be added the state of health of some refugees, since many suffer from lung or chronic diseases.

A stimulus to increase social divisions

Many analysts have concluded that the pandemic is going to increase class separation. However, in the case of refugees, some have agreed that this separation will be even more violent. “The distribution between people recognized as citizens and those who do not have those rights is increasing,” said journalist Hibai Arbide Aza.

▶️ @Hibai_: "The pandemic is carrying things that were already happening, for example, the separation between adults as volunteers and those who do not have rights." #Rights VsControl pic.twitter.com/sohBi8k1Nn

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In the world there are 70 million displaced persons, refugees or asylum seekers, most of whom live in refugee camps. Since the beginning of the pandemic, several NGOs and human rights organizations have alerted world governments to their vulnerability, such as the request for the evacuation of the Moria camp.