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Rapid Assessment of the Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 on Labour Mobility in the Pacific Region

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since March 2020 has amounted to an unprecedented global health crisis. In order to suppress disease transmission, governments have implemented a range of public health and social measures that in many cases exacerbate underlying... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Temporary migration regimes and their sustainability in times of COVID-19

The widespread imposition of mobility restrictions by governments to slow to the spread of COVID-19 has exacerbated the vulnerability of migrant workers who move as part of temporary labour migration schemes. In this paper, Brenda Yeoh reviews a range of short-term policy measures which have been... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Shifting forms of mobility related to COVID-19

In this paper, Susan Martin and Jonas Bergmann examine the wide-ranging impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had upon human mobility. Considering four types of mobility, defined by the aspirations and capabilities driving them, they outline the various pathways through which the pandemic has... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – “Disposable” and “essential”: Changes in the global hierarchies of migrant workers after COVID-19

In this paper, Anna Triandafyllidou and Lucia Nalbandian explore how the pandemic has inverted previous hierarchies of more and less desired migrant workers.

Durable Solutions for Indigenous Migrants and Refugees in the Context of the Venezuelan Flow in Brazil

This report updates and qualifies the discussion on the migration of indigenous people from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Federative Republic of Brazil. To this end, it problematizes the traditional concept of “durable solutions” in the literature on migration and asylum and offers a... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – COVID-19 and rethinking the need for legal pathways to mobility: Taking human security seriously

In this paper, Luisa Feline Freier proposes that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need of a shift towards including public health considerations from a human security perspective when considering the need for legal pathways to migration and migrant regularization. She first outlines why... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – COVID-19 and systemic resilience: What role for migrant workers?

With the restrictions on movement imposed by governments leading to severe labour market shocks and reductions in labour supply, one of the central policy challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic has been how to protect and maintain essential economic activities and public services. In this paper... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Upscaling migrant sanctuary and solidarity policies and practices in times of COVID-19

For vulnerable migrants living in cities, the COVID-19 pandemic has created both new challenges and new opportunities. Authored by Harald Bauder and Margaret Godoy, this paper explores how policies and practices from so-called sanctuary and solidarity cities – which have long sought to protect such... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Stranded irregular migrant workers during COVID-19 Crisis: The question of repatriation

Authored by Ahmet İçduygu, this paper discusses the social, economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular reference to repatriation. While returning home represents a viable option of protection from COVID-19 health risks for most individuals on the move, for irregular... Read more

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Time for a re-set: Implications for child migration policies arising from COVID-19

Although children are less at risk of COVID-19 infection, millions of children – including migrant children – are nevertheless at heightened risk from the pandemic because of their precarious status. Authored by Jacqueline Bhabha, this paper uses available data sources, including crowd-sourced... Read more

MRS No. 64 – Immobility as the ultimate “migration disrupter”

An initialanalysis of COVID-19 impacts through the prism of securitization

In this Migration Research Series paper, Marie McAuliffe examines the widespread and unprecedented imposition of movement restrictions by governments in an attempt to limit COVID-19 transmission and infection, with particular reference to the ongoing securitization of migration.

Covid-19 and the transformation of migration and mobility globally – Migration and mobility after the 2020 pandemic: The end of an age?

The period since World War II has been characterized by increasingly extensive and complex global population movements. Yet this international mobility has been brought to an almost complete standstill by the COVID-19 pandemic, as states have imposed restrictions on movement in order to slow the... Read more