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22 Res. & Sci. Today 9 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/rescito22 and id is 1 raw text is: R t -A;ur 2021 E o 2C22)/2021 WWW.RSTJOURNAL.COM ISSN-P: 2247-4455 ISSN-E: 2285-9632 In nr ainal Rations THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE Claudia Anamaria IOV1 ABSTRACT: THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE SPECIFIC WAYS IN WHICH IMMIGRANTS, ESPECIALLY SEASONAL WORKERS, REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PRESENTS A VARIETY OF MEASURES TAKEN IN HOST COUNTRIES TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. IN THIS CONTEXT, WE WILL ANALYZE SPECIFIC SITUATIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, FOCUSING ON SOME WORRYING SITUATIONS FACED BY THESE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE. OUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TOWARDS THE ENTRY RESTRICTIONS IN SOME COUNTRIES THAT PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED ASYLUM SEEKERS, AS WELL AS THE OBVIOUS AND HIDDEN FORMS OF EXCLUSION OF MIGRANTS FROM THE LABOR MARKET DUE TO RISING UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE EMERGENCE OF NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION. KEY WORDS: CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS. INTRODUCTION The Coronavirus pandemic (also known as SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19) and the global crisis generated by it have affected society from all points of view, from the economic- financial, social, health and political, to the educational, demographic or migration fields. The SARS-Cov2 pandemic was not the first health crisis to affect the human freedom of movement, this restriction being one of the most common measures for disease control since the time of pre-modern epidemics. The novelty brought by the current pandemic is given by the fact that it brought a completely new human experience, marked by tons of hand sanitizer, soap and Zoom. Laptops, mobile phones and a Netflix subscription have become man's best friends. Airlines cancel flight after flight, while states compete in updating green, yellow or red lists, changing the legislation on the citizens' daily travel or applying for a vaccination passport. The pandemic has led to a change in migration rules, from a local to a global level, with profound, sometimes irreversible effects on immigrants, refugees and evacuated or displaced people, as a result of major events or natural disasters. 1 Lecturer, PhD, Department of International Studies and Contemporary History, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Baber-Bolyai University, Romania, claudia.iov@ubbcluj.

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