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COVID-19 and the policy-induced vulnerabilities of temporary migrant workers in Australia
Stephen Clibborn, C. Wright
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COVID-19 crisis exposes economic vulnerability of temporary migrant workers in Australia due to policy-induced restrictions on bargaining power and agency.
Abstract
The COVID-19 crisis has starkly exposed the existing economic vulnerability of temporary migrants in many countries. In Australia, many temporary migrants, who were already at risk of marginalisation due to policies restricting their bargaining power and agency (Wright and Clibborn 2020), have lost their jobs and have minimal financial support due to their exclusion from public welfare.
Citation format
CLIBBORN, Stephen; WRIGHT, C. COVID-19 and the policy-induced vulnerabilities of temporary migrant workers in australia. Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2020: 62.