Immigrant Integration and COVID-19

Abstract

Covid-19 has thrust millions of people who have recently crossed international borders into unprecedented social and economic havoc. The patterns of immigration and settlement in a new country, on the one hand, and the nature of the virus, on the other hand, have placed immigrants at high risk of infection, possibly generating or accelerating anti-immigration sentiments among the local population. In this viewpoint, I discuss five complementary aspects of the migration-pandemic nexus: immigrants’ legal status, language proficiency, ethnic segregation, religiosity, and economic wellbeing. My concluding remarks carry several implications for policy.

Men and Masculinities in Pandemic: Illness Narratives and Social Isolation Experiences of Men Diagnosed with COVID-19 in Turkey

“…This can be seen in the differences in death rates and/or the negative socio-economic consequences of the pandemic. Studies state that black people (Keval, 2020), immigrants, asylum seekers, and/or refugees (Bahar Özvarış et al 2020;Rebhun, 2021), and other marginalized groups are more negatively affected by the pandemic (Kim and Bostwick, 2020). In this respect, the pandemic has created a kind of booster effect that intensifies global inequalities.…”