Abstract
The chapter deals with the most acute situation of the 21st century caused by a new type of infectious disease called COVID-19. It highlights the situation of such vulnerable groups of society as refugees, asylum seekers, and labor migrants, which even worsens their tough living conditions. In an alarming time of global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, major international actors are calling for increased protection of the most vulnerable groups, including victims of trafficking, migrants, and refugees, and advocate greater access to healthcare for all people regardless of their social and migration status.
TopLiterature Review
The tutorial Methodology and Study Methods Migration Processes edited by Zh. Zayonchkovskaya, I. Molodikova, V. Mukomel (2007) and published by the Center for Migration Studies focuses on methodological and methodological issues in the study of population migration. Moreover, it shows the Western approaches to the study of migration and describes the sociological approaches to the study of migration, and as well as the highly developed migration theories; highlights the methodological and practical aspects of studying integration migration, with its legal aspects of interdisciplinary study. The book is focused on the migration policy, its management, and the proper ways to represent migration processes.
The book Migration Processes in the European Union: Contemporary Problems and Challenges MIGRATION edited by O. Trofimova (2019) examines the existing situation in European countries, as well as the impact of high migration, flows on individual structural components. The book shows national features of the regulation of migration processes in each European country. Moreover, it assessed the effectiveness of the EU supranational policy. It deals with the social, economic, and political challenges associated with the growth of migration from the Middle East and the problems of their adaptation and integration into the host communities. Here the most important is that the authors explain certain theoretical approaches such as classical migration theories, modern and European theories of migration.
Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move the report issued by United Nations (2020) describes the tough situation of such vulnerable groups of people as migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) which is worsened by the COVID 19. The study is mostly focused on the three aspects of their lives: a poor health care situation and their limited access to health services. The first is due to the following obstacles: legal, because many of them have entered the country illegally, and language, as most of the newcomers do not know the language of the hosting country). Then second is cultural aspects and their severe socio-economic conditions; and the third is unsecure lives.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Society: A human community, the specifics of which are the relations of people, and represents the form of interaction and association.
Politics: Activities of public authorities and their officials; as well as issues and events of public life related to the functioning of the state. The scientific study of politics is conducted within the framework of political science.
Support: The ability to provide help, assistance, moral support, encourage someone, express approval, etc.
Human Migration: Movement or relocation of human beings within the country or from one country to another.
Conditions: Denoting the relation of an object to the subject or surrounding reality.
European Union: A political and economic unification of the initially six countries with the aim of the expansion of the economic cooperation among Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Which later increased up to 28 countries, however, after the United Kingdom left the European Union on January 31, 2020, the EU has 27 member countries.
COVID-19: The infection disease caused by a new previously unknown coronavirus, which contains a whole family of more than 30 types of viruses.
Human Rights: The certain rules that protect the dignity and freedom of each individual. Fundamental rights form and represent the basis of the legal status of each individual.