Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic
Alan Nicol,
A. Abdoubaetova,
A. Wolters,
A. Kharel,
A. Murzakolova,
A. Gebreyesus,
E. Lucasenco,
F. Chen,
F. Sugden,
H. Sterly,
I. Kuznetsova,
M. Masotti,
M. Vittuari,
Mengistu Dessalegn,
M. Aderghal,
N. Phalkey,
P. Sakdapolrak,
P. Mollinga,
R. Mogilevskii,
R. Mogilevskii and
S. Naruchaikusol
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Alan Nicol: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Mengistu Dessalegn: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Роман Могилевский
No H050125, IWMI Working Papers from International Water Management Institute
Abstract:
This working paper was produced under the European Union Horizon 2020 funded AGRUMIG project and traces the impact of Covid-19 on migration trends in seven project countries – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand. The context of global migration has changed dramatically due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both within and between countries there has been a substantial curtailment of movement. As a result of multiple lockdowns, economic activity has severely declined and labor markets have ground to a halt, with mass unemployment in industrialized economies looming on the horizon. For both migrant hosting and origin countries – some are substantially both – this poses a set of complex development challenges. Partners of the AGRUMIG project undertook a rapid review of impacts across project countries, exploring the impacts on rural households but also identifying the persistent desire to migrate in spite of restrictions.
Keywords: Migration; COVID-19; Pandemics; Labour; market; Migrant; labour; Unemployment; Livelihoods; Health; hazards; Income; Remittances; Economic; activities; Poverty; Social; inequalities; Food; supply; Households; Rural; areas; State; intervention; Governance; Quarantine; Travel; restrictions; Border; closures; Policies; Assessment; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.5337/2020.216
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