Global migration and pandemic

economic aspects and political shifts in the European Union and Mercosur in times of COVID-19

Authors

  • Eveline Vieira Brígido
  • Roberto Rodolfo Georg Uebel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48213/travessia.i90.969

Keywords:

Global migration, COVID-19, Pandemic, European Union, Mercosur

Abstract

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, declared in March 2020 by the World Health Organization, were immediately felt by national economies and by actors of the International System. Global migration flows were immediately interrupted as a measure to mitigate the circulation of the new coronavirus and its contagion effects both in the Schengen Area and in the Mercosur countries. In this sense, this article analyzes and discusses the economic aspects, political measures and shifts in the migration policies of the European Union and Mercosur since the pandemic beginning. We present the preliminary results from a methodology of comparative studies, document analysis and qualitative research. Finally, the article discusses the outlooks of scenarios and migration policies in the two blocs in the post-pandemic.

Author Biographies

Eveline Vieira Brígido

PhD in Political Science (UFRGS, Brazil). Professor of International Relations at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-POA) and researcher at “Novos Polos de Poder e a Política Internacional” research group.

Roberto Rodolfo Georg Uebel

PhD in International Strategic Studies (UFRGS, Brazil). Professor of International Relations at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-POA) and researcher at “Novos Polos de Poder e a Política Internacional” research group.

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How to Cite

Brígido, E. V., & Uebel, R. R. G. (2021). Global migration and pandemic: economic aspects and political shifts in the European Union and Mercosur in times of COVID-19. TRAVESSIA - Revista Do Migrante, (90), 63–84. https://doi.org/10.48213/travessia.i90.969

Issue

No. 90 (2021)

Section

Artigos