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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: OpinionPermanently temporary: The problem with Canada’s immigration policy
You 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 policy
Canada’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 quarantines
Bringing 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 countries
With 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 migrants
It 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 theft
Employers 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 economy
COVID-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-19
For 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 workers
In 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 balance
Health, 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 stop
How 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 labour
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the world’s structural dependence on exploitable labour.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe bitter taste of Greek strawberries
In Greece, COVID-19 has increased the exploitation of the migrant workers who ensure our food supply.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersHow COVID-19 is redefining “working remotely” for Canada’s high-skilled foreign workers
For those who had a job offer and seemingly a bright future in Canada, travel has been halted until further notice....
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCan the COVID-19 crisis be an opportunity for Canada’s migrant farmworkers?
The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCan Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers?
With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges.