Migrant Remittances and Covid-19: Practices of Care during Crisis

移民汇款和 Covid-19：危机期间的护理实践

基本信息

批准号：
ES/V015672/1
负责人：
Kavita Datta
金额：
$ 52.23万
依托单位：
Queen Mary University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV015672%2F1
关键词：
Migrant Remittances Covid 19 Practices

项目摘要

It is predicted that Covid-19 will wipe out US$100 billion in remittance flows, constituting the sharpest contraction since tracking began in 1980 (World Bank, 2020). This decline, driven by reduced capacities among sending communities, is coinciding with escalating need as the pandemic takes hold in many receiving communities. Given its sizeable migrant population, the UK is a significant originator of remittance flows (Migration Observatory, 2020). The British government's response to this remittance emergency aligns with global efforts to 'keep remittances moving' (DFID, 2020). While important, this raises significant questions about the extent to which policy is able to support the resilience of remittances and respond to this unprecedented challenge. Situating remittances as practices of care, and focusing on Somali, Brazilian and Indian migrants in London, Cardiff and Glasgow, this project addresses three lacunae. First, it examines shifts in the nature, patterns and direction of remittance sending in response to Covid-19, tracking the impact of the pandemic on migrants' labour market experiences, BAME migrants' vulnerability to the virus and the needs of transnational families. Second, it redresses a bias in remittance studies by exploring the implications of disrupted remittance flows on migrant (as opposed to recipient) wellbeing. Third, it investigates how migrants' access to remittance services has been affected by Covid-19, and the impacts of increased digitisation of financial services. Deploying mixed methods combining digital methods with secondary analysis, the project's findings will be immediately relevant to cross-HMG work on protecting remittance corridors, and government and NGO stakeholders working with migrant populations.

据预测，Covid-19 将消灭 1000 亿美元的汇款流量，这是自 1980 年开始追踪以来最严重的萎缩（世界银行，2020）。这种下降是由于派遣社区能力下降造成的，同时随着大流行在许多接收社区蔓延，需求不断升级。鉴于其庞大的移民人口，英国是汇款流的重要发起国（移民观察站，2020）。英国政府对这一汇款紧急情况的反应与全球“保持汇款流动”的努力一致（英国国际发展部，2020）。这虽然很重要，但也引发了人们对政策能够在多大程度上支持汇款弹性并应对这一前所未有的挑战的重大疑问。该项目将汇款视为护理实践，重点关注伦敦、卡迪夫和格拉斯哥的索马里、巴西和印度移民，解决了三个缺陷。首先，它研究了针对 Covid-19 的汇款性质、模式和方向的变化，跟踪了这一流行病对移民劳动力市场经历的影响、少数族裔移民对病毒的脆弱性以及跨国家庭的需求。其次，它通过探讨汇款流动中断对移民（而不是收款人）福祉的影响，纠正了汇款研究中的偏见。第三，它调查了新冠肺炎 (Covid-19) 对移民获得汇款服务的影响，以及金融服务数字化程度提高的影响。该项目采用数字方法与二次分析相结合的混合方法，其研究结果将立即与跨 HMG 保护汇款走廊的工作以及与移民人口合作的政府和非政府组织利益相关者相关。