The global COVID19 pandemic that has challenged social life in a profound way, including migration and migration-related diversities. It has challenged and sometimes deepened existing social structures and inequalities as well as created new ones. However, the precise impact of COVID19 remains often unclear, as do the broader implications for how we conceptualize and theorize migration and diversities in the field of migration studies.
This Collection seeks to contribute to a better empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of the pandemic on migration and migration-related diversities It does so from a purposefully comparative perspective that will allow for a truly global understanding of the implications of the pandemic across diverse social, economic and political settings.
This Collection (developed in an open and global call amongst migration researchers) will be structured along four different themes. First, we will look at the impact of the pandemic on refugee migration. Being amongst the most vulnerable of migrant groups, what have been the implications for this category of migrants? Secondly, we will look at another group that has been affected directly by the pandemic: labour migrants. How has the pandemic affected and perhaps structurally changed patterns of labour migration. Thirdly, we will look more specifically at migration governance. The pandemic has had a tremendous temporary effect on migration governance, but what more structural challenges can be identified? Finally, we will look at inclusion. How has the pandemic challenged or added to inequalities in society, and what responses can be identified?
Edited by Peter Scholten, Magdalena Arias Cubas, Sanam Roohi, Anju Mary Paul and Jacques Ramirez
Comparative perspectives on migration, diversities and the pandemic
By Magdalena Arias Cubas, Anju Mary Paul, Jacques Ramírez, Sanam Roohi & Peter Scholten
Published on: 2 September 2022
Labour Migration
Migration and mobility of third-country national labour workers to and inside Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic – a legal analysis
By Adolfo Sommarribas & Birte Nienaber
Published on: 27 May 2021
Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience
By Bridget Anderson, Friedrich Poeschel & Martin Ruhs
Published on: 30 September 2021
Migration Governance
Global migration governance from below in times of COVID-19 and “Zoomification”: civil society in „invited “ and „invented “ spaces
By Stefan Rother
Published on: 6 January 2022
Who is watching? Refugee protection during a pandemic - responses from Uganda and South Africa
By Khangelani Moyo, Kalyango Ronald Sebba & Franzisca Zanker
Published on: 10 August 2021
Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand
By Asel Murzakulova, Mengistu Dessalegn & Neelambari Phalkey
Published on: 4 October 2021
Inclusion
Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Marcia Vera Espinoza, Victoria Prieto Rosas, Gisela P. Zapata et al.
Published on: 16 November 2021
Social remittances during COVID-19: on the “new normality” negotiated by transnational families
By Nare Galstyan & Mihran Galstyan
Published on: 9 November 2021
Challenges of reverse migration in India: a comparative study of internal and international migrant workers in the post-COVID economy
By Asma Khan & H. Arokkiaraj
Published on: 3 November 2021
Organising labour market integration support for refugees in Austria and Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic
By Almina Bešić, Andreas Diedrich & Petra Aigner
Published on: 12 October 2021
The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar
By Anoji Ekanayake & Kopalapillai Amirthalingam
Published on: 30 August 2021
Refugee Migration
Refugee’s agency and coping strategies in refugee camps during the coronavirus pandemic: ethnographic perspectives
By Claudia Böhme & Anett Schmitz
Published on: 25 August 2022