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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 Borders: OpinionChina’s relations with the African continent: Three elephants in the roomHow racism, the media and local realities could shape the future of migration between China and Africa
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Published in:Pandemic Borders: OpinionAs COVID brings migrants home, how can Nepal reintegrate returning workers?Money from overseas makes up a quarter of GDP, and the effects of the pandemic are putting a squeeze on an already...
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Published in:Pandemic Borders: OpinionAnywhere but here? China’s response to refugee protection during COVID-19The pandemic is having a profound impact on refugee protection globally. But is China doing enough?
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Published in:Pandemic Borders: OpinionHow COVID-19 exposed China’s anti-Black racismThe draconian measures taken in many Chinese cities to control the pandemic exacerbated the marginalisation of Black people
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Published in:Pandemic Borders: OpinionPermanently temporary: The problem with Canada’s immigration policyYou can’t build a thriving economy or a society on temporary residents
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Published in:Pandemic Borders: AnalysisWhy the Canadian government must review its immigration policyCanada’s immigration planning is increasingly divorced from the real impacts of COVID-19 – and undervalues...
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Published in: Pandemic Borders: OpinionWhat will migration look like after the pandemic?Increased control of people’s mobility because of COVID-19 might not be so easy to undo.
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Published in: Pandemic Borders: OpinionIs COVID-19 an opportunity to achieve the rights of refugees?Let’s be sure to seize this opportunity that comes in the guise of a terrible pandemic.
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Published in: Pandemic Borders: OpinionCOVID-19 was a big test for UN migration initiatives. Did they succeed?Migrants working in frontline jobs are twice as likely to contract the coronavirus. They are also less likely to...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersSri Lanka’s returning migrants need more than plane tickets and quarantinesBringing migrants home during the pandemic is not only a health concern but a social and economic one as well.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 is pushing migrants back to their home countriesWith large numbers of migrants returning to their countries of origin due to the pandemic, better reintegration...
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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 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 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 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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