Decoding Syrian refugees’ COVID-19 vulnerability in informal tented settlements: a community-/refugee-led approach to mitigate a pandemic outbreak

Moawad and Andres argue for the need to construct more inclusive community- and/or refugee-led responses, the better to link planned and unplanned health emergency responses This discussion rests upon the combination of two research projects: a scoping small-scale research project about the impact of the current COVID-19-related policies and strategies from March to May 2020 in refugees' ITSs, coupled with a research study looking at Syrian refugees' livelihoods in remote locations conducted between Oct 2019 and Feb 2020 The latter research includes 107 interviews with refugees and 58 interviews with representatives from national governments, non-academic and academic experts, host community members, INGOs and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)