New EMN Inform “The impact of COVID-19 in the migration area in EU and OECD countries“

The new Umbrella Inform completes the joint EMN and OECD Inform series between the impact of COVID-19 on migration and asylum in the EU Member States and non-EU OECD countries throughout 2020

Between July 2020 and January 2021, the EMN, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography (KCMD), developed and published a series of five EMN OECD Informs on the impact of COVID-19 on migration. New inform presents updated information on the impact of COVID-19 in the migration area.

Updates are provided on topics ranging from changes in border procedures, provision of COVID-19 related healthcare services to migrants, the shifting landscape of the labour market, international protection, international students, and return issues.

The joint research shows that public authorities have acted swiftly to introduce new measures or adapt their systems to confront the migration challenges caused by the pandemic, or in some cases, to simply continue to use pre-existing on-line systems.

While the long-term impacts are hard to predict, the last chapter of the inform looks towards future migration policies and how these might be shaped in the context of the digitalisation of migration management, the need for bio-secure borders, and the expansion of teleworking digital nomads.

To download the Inform please click here.

To download the Flash (one page) please click here.

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