VIEWPOINT Immigrant Integration and COVID-19

Uzi Rebhun
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Uzi Rebhun: Division of Jewish Demography and Statistics, The A. Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Border Crossing, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 17-23

Abstract: Covid-19 has thrust millions of people who have recently crossed international borders into unprecedented social and economic havoc. The patterns of immigration and settlement in a new country, on the one hand, and the nature of the virus, on the other hand, have placed immigrants at high risk of infection, possibly generating or accelerating anti-immigration sentiments among the local population. In this viewpoint, I discuss five complementary aspects of the migration-pandemic nexus: immigrants’ legal status, language proficiency, ethnic segregation, religiosity, and economic wellbeing. My concluding remarks carry several implications for policy.

Keywords: Immigration; integration; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.33182/bc.v11i1.1291

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