How are European Migrants from the MENA Countries Affected by COVID-19? Insights from an Online Survey

Cimpoeru Smaranda (), Monica Roman (), Kobeissi Amira and Mohammad Heba
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Cimpoeru Smaranda: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Kobeissi Amira: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Mohammad Heba: The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Journal of Social and Economic Statistics, 2020, vol. 9, issue 1, 128-143

Abstract: COVID-19 pandemic has affected and still affects many countries in the world, reshaping many of the economic and social activities. Based on the results of an online survey, this paper highlights the perceptions of the way the pandemic has affected one of the most vulnerable categories in a society, migrants. We focus our research on the migrants and refugees from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, living in Europe, as in the recent years and mostly after the migrant crisis in 2015, they are in large numbers in European countries. Using ANOVA models, our results show that unemployed migrants, students but also migrants who find it difficult on present income are most worried about the COVID-19 crisis and fell they will be greatly affected in terms of income and employment by this crisis. Also, women are more worried by COVID-19 than men with respect to the health aspect.

Keywords: COVID-19 crisis; migrants; MENA countries; ANOVA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/jses-2020-0008

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