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Building resilient migration systems in the Mediterranean region : lessons from COVID-19 /

For thousands of years, migration has been a source of social and economic well-being for people living on different shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Whether through higher earnings for migrants, access to labor for receiving countries, or remittances for sending communities, migration has been an i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Testaverde, Mauro (Autor), Pavilon, Jacquelyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Abbreviations
  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Main findings
  • Countries' policy responses
  • Lessons learned and policy recommendations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 1 COVID-19 and Migration in the Mediterranean Region
  • Introduction
  • Mobility trends in the region
  • COVID-19 in the Mediterranean region
  • Management and adjustment of mobility in response to the pandemic
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 2 The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrants and Their Families
  • Introduction
  • Mobility-related vulnerabilities of migrants and refugees during the pandemic
  • A mobile population at greater health risk
  • The pandemic's economic impacts
  • Annex 2A Methodology for defining jobs that cannot be performed from home
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Mobility-Related Implications of COVID-19 for Receiving Countries
  • Introduction
  • Labor disruptions in receiving countries
  • Implications of COVID-19 for long-term migrant integration
  • Openness toward migration, before and after COVID-19
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Policy Directions
  • From findings to policy directions
  • Proposed policy actions
  • Closing remarks
  • Notes
  • References
  • Boxes
  • Box 1.1 Issues with COVID-19-related data
  • Box 1.2 Data limitations in measuring migration flows during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Box 2.1 The "healthy immigrant" paradox
  • Box 2.2 Refugees' access to health care in Turkey
  • Box 2.3 Impact of COVID-19 on refugees in Turkey
  • Box 2.4 Costs of sending remittances in the extended ƯMediterranean region
  • Box 3.1 The agriculture industry in Italy
  • Box 3.2 COVID-19, automation, and migration
  • Box 4.1 The EU Digital COVID Certificate, or Green Pass
  • Box 4.2 Multilateral public health efforts in Africa
  • Box 4.3 Interventions introduced during the pandemic to simplify hiring procedures for essential workers
  • Box 4.4 Measures to expand migrants' access to health care and social welfare during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Box 4.5 Employment retention and promotion policies open to migrants during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Box 4.6 Digital tools to support migrants' reintegration
  • Box 4.7 Can diaspora engagements be strengthened in the aftermath of the pandemic?
  • Box 4.8 The EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum
  • Box 4.9 The Western Balkan Regulation
  • Box 4.10 The German "Triple Win" program
  • Box 4.11 Improving the accuracy of migration coverage in North and West Africa
  • Figures
  • Figure O.1 Share of Mediterranean and GCC countries and economies with mobility restrictions, by type, 2020-21
  • Figure O.2 Land and sea arrivals of migrants at the EU's main points of entry and in selected Mediterranean countries, 2019-21
  • Figure O.3 Changes in migrant smuggling from West and North Africa since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Figure O.4 Share of European countries with labor shortages, by occupation, and share of foreign workers in those occupations, 2018-19.