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Migrants at the front lines. The effects of COVID-19 measures on migrant workers working in crucial sectors

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 1.043E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $558,682.12

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. PJ Beckers

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Restriction measures to prevent secondary transmission in communities

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Internally Displaced and Migrants

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Migrant workers were performing crucial work in the front line of the COVID-19 crisis. They help produce our food, pack our orders, clean our houses. The protection of these migrant workers requires urgent attention. An team of interdisciplinary researchers at the Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI), together with De Burcht and partners from the field will investigate which structural problems related to labor migration have been exposed by the corona crisis. Also, the opportunities for improving the protection of migrant workers will be investigated. We will look for innovations that make crucial sectors less dependent on vulnerable migrants. Because migrant workers often work and live across borders, this research focuses on the border regions (Netherlands/North Rhine-Westphalia). The research aims to contribute to reducing health risks during the further course of this, and possible future, crises.