Syrian refugee labour and food insecurity in middle eastern agriculture during the early COVID-19 pandemic. (Special Issue: COVID-19 and the world of work (part II).)
International Labour Review
; 161(2):245-266, 2021.
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in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2019316
ABSTRACT
Drawing on ethnographic data from the 2019 SyrianFoodFutures and the 2020 From the FIELD projects, this article provides insights into the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee labour in agriculture in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. In spring 2020, movement restrictions and supply chain disruptions caused displaced Syrian farmworkers to lose their jobs and face increased food insecurity. The authors situate their findings in the context of host countries' use of legal ambiguity in governing refugees, Middle Eastern agriculture's reliance on migrant labour, and the region's long-standing food insecurity. They conclude that formalizing refugee labour cannot alone address exploitation.
Demography [UU200]; Labour and Employment [EE900]; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; Food Economics [EE116]; Agricultural Economics [EE110]; refugees; ethnography; labour; migrant labour; projects; agricultural sector; food security; Syria; Iraq; Jordan; Lebanon; low income countries; Mediterranean Region; medium Human Development Index countries; Middle East; West Asia; Asia; upper-middle income countries; high Human Development Index countries; labor; foreign workers; migrant labor
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