Article in Journal

How does Covid-19 Affect Migration and Integration?

Yvonne Giesing, Maria Hofbauer
ifo Institut, München, 2020

ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 07, 41-46

Measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a decrease in both regular and irregular migration and thousands of stranded refugees from Europe’s borders. The pandemic poses major challenges for migrants and refugees in Germany: the rise in unemployment affects people with foreign citizenship in particular, precarious working and living conditions increase the risk of infection, integration opportunities are disappearing, and the risk of increasing levels of racism is growing. At the same time, the crisis has highlighted the systemic relevance of sectors in which many refugees and migrants work, thus highlighting the weaknesses of asylum and integration policy and the need for action.

Keywords: Migration, Soziale Integration, Epidemie
JEL Classification: F220, J610