Open AccessCOVID-19 Impact on International Migration
Author(s) -
Ihab S KH Jweida
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the romanian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2286-2056
pISSN - 1454-4296
DOI - 10.24818/rej/2021/82/10
Subject(s) - covid-19 , immigration , order (exchange) , illegal immigrants , pandemic , shut down , business , political science , personal protective equipment , development economics , economic growth , economics , law , medicine , virology , outbreak , disease , finance , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system
COVID 19 created many problems around the world and it affected everybody including migrants andimmigrants. Many countries halted asylum seeker procedure in order to stop COVID 19 spreading butsome countries restarted asylum seeker procedure since many people were in dangerous situation and theyneeded protection. Migrants and immigrants are highly vulnerable and can be infect by COVID 19.Many organizations especially international Organization played and are playing very important role toprotect them against COVID 19. Migrants are working in frontline, they are in contact with otherpeople, and the risks are very high to infect by COVID 19. Many of them hit globally very hard becauseof the COVID 19 especially due to the economic shut downs for example food, accommodating andpersonal services. Many countries closed their borders and they halted asylum seeker procedure. Thenumber of restrictions and measures that imposed on migrants and immigrants reached 4600 around theworld. Many countries have imposed travel ban especially on new comers.