Routed Magazine #26: Remnants of Covid-19 in a mobile world

Impact of COVID-19 on global migration and im/mobility in the Global North and South
 

As part of the DFG-Network 'Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South during a Pandemic', various ABI staff members have contributed to the latest Routed Magazine issue #26:
 

In their article 'Long-Covid Racism: Dwelling between changing visibilities and persistent ignorance', Anas Ansar, Magnus Treiber, and Franzisca Zanker explore how the pandemic exposed existing inequalities in migration, race, and labor: The authors explain this using various examples: On the one hand, they address the persistent inequalities in mobility between scientists from the Global North and South. Another line of argumentation outlines how political diaspora activism was perceived. A third approach sheds light on the discourse on the exploitation of migrant workers, where increased visibility did not lead to political change.

In their article 'Compounding Impacts: Refugees during and after Covid-19 – a survey of 6 African countries', Alexander de Jager, Hannah Edler, Gato Ndabaramiye Joshua, Rose Jaji, Ulrike Krause, Khangelani Moyo, Kalyango R. Sebba, Nadine Segadlo, and Franzisca Zanker discuss how the pandemic further aggravated the circumstances faced by refugees in the Global South. Surveys conducted across six African countries highlight increased economic struggles, reduced food security, healthcare challenges, and severe mental health impacts. 

In their article 'From Quarantine to Deglobalisation', Tabea Scharrer, ALMA fellow Chinwe Beneditte Ogbonna, and Gerhild Perl reflect on how measures to confine the virus led to increased confinement of refugees, disrupting livelihoods, economic activity, and access to education in various refugee camps, such as the Bakassi IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in Nigeria. They argue that such containment policies reflect a broader global trend of isolation and deglobalisation, marked by political fragmentation, economic disconnection, and intensified mobility restrictions, accelerating inequalities.

All articles are available on the Routed Magazine website.