The covid-19 pandemic and international mobility in Brazil: challenges for the health and social protection of international migrants in times of uncertainty

Author(s)

Daniel Granada ^[1] ; Cássio Silveira ^[2] ; Silvia Regina Viodres Inoue ^[3] ; Regina Yoshie Matsue ^[4] ; Denise Martin ^[5]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Departamento de Ciências Naturais e Sociais - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo - Brasil

^[3] Grupo de Pesquisa “Processos Migratórios Internacionais e Saúde Coletiva” - Brasil

^[4] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina - Brasil

^[5] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: História, Ciências, Saúde : Manguinhos; v. 30, 2023-08-14.

Abstract

Abstract The relationship between health and migration was severely affected during the covid-19 pandemic. This article discusses the literature on health and migration, including the deteriorating levels of social and economic vulnerability of international migrants to Brazil in 2020 and 2021. The analysis was based on a review of articles published in the national and international press addressing the impacts of covid-19 on contemporary processes of human mobility and its consequences for stigmatized populations. The results point to the possibility of understanding the pandemic as a key moment for rethinking nationality and borders. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/06792-2 - International immigrant health access and vulnerabilities in the context of COVID-19 dissemination: a collaborative inter-institutional network research
• Grantee: Denise Martin Coviello
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants