International Migration and COVID-19
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is posing unprecedented health and socioeconomic challenges for all governments. Mobility restrictions are affecting many migrant populations, particularly migrant workers and children. The crisis is hitting hard these vulnerable groups, with its health, economic and social consequences.
On Thursday 17 December 2020, the International Conference “Weaving the Threads of Migration, Sustainable Development and the Pandemic” was held to commemorate International Migrants’ Day.
Updated information and data on COVID-19 was shared, and academic cooperation and
networking with international, regional and national organizations, governments, civil society organizations and academic partners were enhanced.
Our networks from Chulalongkorn University, which include the Asian Research Center for Migration (ARCM) at the Institute of Asian Studies (IAS), College of Population Studies (CPS), CU-ColLaR, Social Research Institute (CUSRI), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration
Thailand (IOM) and United Nations Children’s Fund Thailand (UNICEF), have jointly prepared this policy brief to provide recommendations for a comprehensive policy response to the effects of the pandemic on migrants and children. Recommendations are articulated around four themes:
- 1) Management of recruitment and employment of migrant workers during and after COVID-19
- 2) Legal, social protection, intervention and remedies for migrant children belonging to ethnic groups
- 3) Information and communication provided to migrant workers
- 4) Good practices on pandemic and labour migration management
To read the full text, you can download it directly from the website of our institute.