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Migrants on the frontline. 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

  • 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

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • 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

    Other

Abstract

Migrant workers perform essential work in crucial sectors: harvesting, meat processing, packaging, cleaning. During the COVID-19 crisis, they are on the front line and face health risks. Their protection therefore requires urgent attention. An interdisciplinary research team from the Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI), together with De Burcht and partners from the field, will investigate which structural problems surrounding labor migration the corona crisis has exposed and what opportunities this crisis offers to improve the protection of labor migrants. Innovations are also being sought that make crucial sectors less dependent on vulnerable migrants. Because labor migrants often work and live cross-border, this research focuses on the border regions (Netherlands/North Rhine-Westphalia). The research contributes to reducing health risks during the further course of this and any future crises.