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COVID-19: A Crisis of Borders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2021

Anna Boucher Open the ORCID record for Anna Boucher [Opens in a new window] ,
Gerda Hooijer Open the ORCID record for Gerda Hooijer [Opens in a new window] ,
Desmond King ,
Isabelle Napier Open the ORCID record for Isabelle Napier [Opens in a new window]  and
Marc Stears
Anna Boucher
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Gerda Hooijer
Affiliation:
University College, London
Desmond King
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Isabelle Napier
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Marc Stears
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
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Abstract

The public health crisis of COVID-19 has compounded preexisting crises of democratic stability and effective governance, spurring debate about the ability of developed democracies to respond effectively to emergencies confronting their citizens. These crises, much discussed in recent political science, are joined by a further crisis which complicates and reinforces them: A migration crisis. Widespread travel and immigration restrictions instigated the largest and fastest decline in global human mobility in modern history, and COVID-19 may fundamentally change immigration over the longer term.

The migration crisis heightens three crucial and preexisting concerns within immigration policy: the role of visa design; the status of undocumented migrants and other migrants without recourse to public funds; and the interaction of immigration and the labor market policy. It could reinforce a rising tide of nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment, protectionist sentiment within labor-market policy debates, and a K-shaped recovery in migration patterns.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 54 , Issue 4 , October 2021 , pp. 617 - 622
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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