Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing, Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina 0810, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jun 21;20(13):6193. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136193.
The Australian government swiftly put in place a number of economic relief measures and policies to support people during the COVID-19 crisis. However, the government's COVID-19 response policies excluded people with 'temporary' migrant status living in the country and encouraged people holding temporary visas who lost jobs and could no longer afford to support themselves to 'go home'. This paper draws upon sub-citizenship theory to explore how Australia's immigration and COVID-19 response policies are likely to impact the health and wellbeing of 'temporary' migrant men and their families. Through focusing on Australia's policy approach towards 'temporary' migrants and the social, health, and human rights implications among men with temporary migrant status during the pandemic, this paper contributes to emerging literature that considers the intersectional implications of immigration and COVID-19 response policies as they pertain to people with precarious migration status. Applying sub-citizenship theory to analyse how Australia's COVID-19 response policies intersect with 'temporary' migration schemes offers a useful way to think about and unearth how structural, and often legislated, exclusions can affect the health and wellbeing of marginalised groups.
澳大利亚政府迅速出台了多项经济纾困措施和政策，以在 COVID-19 危机期间支持民众。然而，政府的 COVID-19 应对政策将居住在该国的“临时”移民身份的人排除在外，并鼓励那些失去工作、无法再维持生计的持临时签证的人“回家”。本文运用次公民身份理论，探讨澳大利亚的移民和 COVID-19 应对政策可能对“临时”移民男性及其家庭的健康和福祉产生的影响。本文通过关注澳大利亚对“临时”移民的政策方法，以及在大流行期间具有临时移民身份的男性所面临的社会、健康和人权影响，为关注移民和 COVID-19 应对政策对处于脆弱移民地位的人产生的交叉影响的新兴文献做出了贡献。运用次公民身份理论来分析澳大利亚的 COVID-19 应对政策如何与“临时”移民计划相交织，为思考和揭示结构性的、往往是立法性的排斥如何影响边缘化群体的健康和福祉提供了一种有用的方法。
