COVID-19 is pushing migrants back to their home countries
With large numbers of migrants returning to their countries of origin due to the pandemic, better reintegration plans are urgently needed.
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With COVID-19 disrupting travel, shutting borders, and redefining what is essential work, what will international migration look like after the pandemic?
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Published in:Pandemic BordersEurope must recognise the vital contributions of vulnerable migrantsIt is time for EU governments to implement fair migration policies that recognise the vital role of its migrant workforce.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersThe other pandemic for migrant workers: wage theftEmployers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis to unlawfully dismiss their migrant workforce and to withhold...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersReturning ‘heroes’: Filipino migrant workers met with a devastated economyCOVID-19 has exposed deep-seated cracks in the Philippines’ export-based and remittance-dependent economy.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersWhat will international migration in West Africa look like after COVID-19?Travel restrictions may force more and more West Africans to use irregular channels of migration in the future.
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Published in:Pandemic BordersAre Canadians changing their attitude on migration due to COVID-19?Canadians have a front row seat to the spectacle of a society in which immigration and racial diversity have become...
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Published in:Pandemic BordersAre Canadians really open to more migration in the future?Canada’s embrace of territorial closure during the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with a spike in xenophobia and racism.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersImmigration is the key to Canada’s survival and recovery after COVID-19For Atlantic Canada to get through this crisis, a balance between public health regulations and migration are necessary.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersHero nurses, untrustworthy domestic workers, and vilified sex workersIn times of pandemic, women migrants are facing restrictions on their mobility and the devaluation of their labor.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe future of international students in Australia hangs in the balanceHealth, economic, and political conditions will determine the fate of international students in Australia.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersJapan’s migrants are not allowed to go ‘home’In Japan, COVID-19 shifted the meaning of ‘home’ overnight with devastating effects on the transnational lives of migrants.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWill Canada give its foreign essential workers their rights?Canada has the opportunity to live up to its values of human rights, dignity, fairness, and justice. Will it take it?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhere are the immigrants in Canada’s policy debates?Any social policy after COVID-19 needs to acknowledge the diversity of those whose interests are at stake.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhy is migration vital to Canada’s smaller cities?If Canada’s smaller urban centres want to continue growing, they will need to attract more international migrants.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe future of migration in the Global South: racializing diseases has to stopHow will the pandemic shape south-south migration flows and impact the realities of migrants?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 and the global addiction to cheap migrant labourThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labour.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe bitter taste of Greek strawberriesIn Greece, COVID-19 has increased the exploitation of the migrant workers who ensure our food supply.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersHow COVID-19 is redefining “working remotely” for Canada’s high-skilled foreign workersFor those who had a job offer and seemingly a bright future in Canada, travel has been halted until further notice....
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCan the COVID-19 crisis be an opportunity for Canada’s migrant farmworkers?The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCan Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers?With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersDid the COVID-19 pandemic revive nationalism?It only took a sub-microscopic pathogen to confirm that, when a crisis strikes, it is the national framework that...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhat fate for the Venezuelan migrants stranded in Peru?Peru and other countries of destination, have a moral duty towards vulnerable migrants and refugees.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWill settlement agencies in Canada survive the pandemic?Many settlement agencies are not in a position to keep operations open and are suffering significant job losses.
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Published in: Pandemic Borders“South Africa belongs to all who live in it”, COVID-19 showed it does notFailure to address the needs of the most vulnerable will hasten the infection rate and flame the fires of...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersFor migrant workers in the MENA, flattening the curve of inequality is urgentThe global COVID-19 pandemic is not the root cause of migrant exploitation, discrimination and vulnerability but it...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWhat future for the EU after COVID-19?The current crisis urgently calls for visions for the EU and, indeed, the world post-COVID-19.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersBio-surveillance, invisible borders and the dangerous after-effects of COVID-19 measuresLong after the COVID-19 pandemic is over, we may continue to be affected by its residue of ultra-sophisticated...
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