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Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic

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  • Nicol, Alan

    (International Water Management Institute (IWMI))

  • Abdoubaetova, A.
  • Wolters, A.
  • Kharel, A.
  • Murzakolova, A.
  • Gebreyesus, A.
  • Lucasenco, E.
  • Chen, F.
  • Sugden, F
  • Sterly, H.
  • Kuznetsova, I.
  • Masotti, M.
  • Vittuari, M.
  • Dessalegn, Mengistu

    (International Water Management Institute (IWMI))

  • Aderghal, M.
  • Phalkey, N.
  • Sakdapolrak, P.
  • Mollinga, P.
  • Mogilevskii, R.
  • Mogilevskii, R.
  • Naruchaikusol, S.

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.

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  • Nicol, Alan & Abdoubaetova, A. & Wolters, A. & Kharel, A. & Murzakolova, A. & Gebreyesus, A. & Lucasenco, E. & Chen, F. & Sugden, F & Sterly, H. & Kuznetsova, I. & Masotti, M. & Vittuari, M. & Dessale, 2020. "Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic," IWMI Working Papers H050125, International Water Management Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:iwt:worppr:h050125
    DOI: 10.5337/2020.216
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