Covid-19 a migranci we współczesnym świecie: analiza polityk migracyjnych wobec pandemii

Jan  Brzozowski; Joanna Sikorska

doi:10.35765/hp.2304

Published : 2022-09-29

Vol. 13 No. 44 (2022)

Covid-19 and contemporary migrants: an analysis of migration policies during the pandemic

Jan Brzozowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-3485

Joanna Sikorska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-1137

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/hp.2304

Section: Articles Varia

Abstract

SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE: The objective of this paper is a comparative analysis of the migration policies applied by selected countries during the Covid-19 pandemic.

RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem is the response of the given national authorities to the covid-19 pandemic, and the implementation of migration policies in Germany, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Colombia during the health crisis. We attempted to assess the efforts carried out by the authorities in the comparative perspective. We analysed policies directed not only at the reception of foreigners or the possible closure of borders, but also at the potential adaptation of immigrants and their access to health services in the host countries.

EDUCTION PROCESS: The first part of the paper presents the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global migration flows. This is followed by an analysis of migration policies implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic in selected countries.

RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH ANALYSIS: The analysis showed significant differences between the countries studied: whilst the United States and Saudi Arabia adopted a restrictive strategy, the Federal Republic of Germany was guided by pragmatism, while Colombia embraced a surprisingly liberal course. The results obtained helped to identify the ways in which host countries responded to the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and to assess the effectiveness of the strategies implemented.

CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS: The Colombian model, despite its relatively generous and liberal approach to immigrants, has proven to be the least effective due to the institutional weakness of the country, especially in terms of the quality of the health care system. It should also be noted that the Covid-19 pandemic is still pending, and the new refugee crisis in Europe triggered by the Russian aggression against Ukraine is creating new challenges in this regard.

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covid-19, migration policy, Germany, US, Saudi Arabia, Colombia

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Jan Brzozowski

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8517-3485

Affiliation

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie; Wydział Ekonomii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych, Katedra Studiów Europejskich Poland

Joanna Sikorska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-1137

Affiliation

Cracow Univerisity of Economics Poland

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Asystent badawczy w Centrum Zaawansowanych Badań Ludnościowych i Religijnych Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie