School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia.
School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 3;19(5):2981. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052981.
Migrant workers have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To examine their access to health services and social protection during the pandemic, we conducted an exploratory scoping review on experiences of migrant workers in three countries with comparable immigration, health, and welfare policies: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. After screening 961 peer-reviewed and grey literature sources, five studies were included. Using immigration status as a lens, we found that despite more inclusive policies in response to the pandemic, temporary migrant workers, especially migrant farm workers and international students, remained excluded from health services and social protection. Findings demonstrate that exploitative employment practices, precarity, and racism contribute to the continued exclusion of temporary migrant workers. The interplay between these factors, with structural racism at its core, reflect the colonial histories of these countries and their largely neoliberal approaches to immigration. To address this inequity, proactive action that recognizes and targets these structural determinants at play is essential.
农民工受到 COVID-19 疫情的影响尤为严重。为了研究他们在疫情期间获得卫生服务和社会保护的情况，我们对具有类似移民、卫生和福利政策的三个国家（澳大利亚、加拿大和新西兰）的农民工经历进行了探索性范围界定审查。在筛选了 961 篇同行评议和灰色文献来源后，纳入了五项研究。通过移民身份这一视角，我们发现，尽管针对疫情采取了更具包容性的政策，但临时农民工，尤其是农民工和国际留学生，仍然被排除在卫生服务和社会保护之外。研究结果表明，剥削性的雇佣做法、不稳定和种族主义导致临时农民工持续被排斥。这些因素相互作用，以结构性种族主义为核心，反映了这些国家的殖民历史及其对移民的新自由主义方法。为了解决这种不平等，必须采取积极行动，认识和针对这些起作用的结构性决定因素。
