The plight of racialised minorities during a pandemic: migrants and refugees in Italy and Australia
| Autor: | Melissa Phillips, S. De Nardi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cultural Studies
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Economic growth business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Refugee 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography Service provider Racism Solidarity 0506 political science Gender Studies Publishing Political science Pandemic 050602 political science & public administration Social exclusion business 050703 geography Inclusion (education) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. 41:98-111 |
| ISSN: | 2040-7149 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/edi-08-2020-0248 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to draw on data from interviews with six Italian migrant service providers and media stories in Italy and Australia to weave a comparative snapshot of the plight of precarious migrant and refugee communities in these two countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe article draws attention to prejudicial shortcomings towards vulnerable migrant communities enacted by the states of Italy and Australia in response to COVID-19.FindingsWhile the unequal ecology of the pandemic has flared up the need for the State to strengthen participation and inclusion policies, it has also provided opportunities to foreground the disadvantages vulnerable communities face that also demand policy attention and sustained funding. Governments in migrant-receiving countries like Australia and Italy need to articulate culturally sensitive and inclusive responses that foreground agencies give vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers and refugees clear, supportive messages of solidarity leading to practical solutions.Originality/valueThis paper relays preliminary data from the coalface (migrant service providers) and media as the pandemic evolved in the two countries, whose support mechanisms had never before been critically compared and evaluated through the lens of racial inequality in the face of a health and social crisis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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