Investigating the conditions of vulnerability experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala, India
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Investigating the conditions of vulnerability experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala, India. / McGowran, Peter ; Matthew, Mishal; Johns, Hannah; Harasym, Mary ; Raju, Emmanuel; Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja .
In: Disasters, Vol. 48, No. 2, e12614, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Investigating the conditions of vulnerability experienced by migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala, India
AU - McGowran, Peter
AU - Matthew, Mishal
AU - Johns, Hannah
AU - Harasym, Mary
AU - Raju, Emmanuel
AU - Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper analyses findings of the ‘PROWELLMIGRANTS’2 project, which qualitatively investigated COVID-19 impacts on migrants’ well-being and mental health in Kerala, India. It draws on a novel conceptual framework that combines assemblage-thinking with theories of social contracts in disasters. The paper first explores how past development processes and contemporary migration policies in Kerala, and India more widely, generated conditions of vulnerability for migrant workers in Kerala prior to the pandemic. Next it shows that Government of Kerala interventions, in some cases supported by the central Government of India, temporarily addressed these vulnerabilities during the pandemic. In acknowledging the helpful response of the Kerala government, we problematise its stance on migrant workers during ‘normal’ times and speculate that permanently addressing these conditions of vulnerability would be a more logical approach. We acknowledge this involves overcoming many wider barriers. Thus, the paper also contains national-level policy implications.
AB - This paper analyses findings of the ‘PROWELLMIGRANTS’2 project, which qualitatively investigated COVID-19 impacts on migrants’ well-being and mental health in Kerala, India. It draws on a novel conceptual framework that combines assemblage-thinking with theories of social contracts in disasters. The paper first explores how past development processes and contemporary migration policies in Kerala, and India more widely, generated conditions of vulnerability for migrant workers in Kerala prior to the pandemic. Next it shows that Government of Kerala interventions, in some cases supported by the central Government of India, temporarily addressed these vulnerabilities during the pandemic. In acknowledging the helpful response of the Kerala government, we problematise its stance on migrant workers during ‘normal’ times and speculate that permanently addressing these conditions of vulnerability would be a more logical approach. We acknowledge this involves overcoming many wider barriers. Thus, the paper also contains national-level policy implications.
U2 - 10.1111/disa.12614
DO - 10.1111/disa.12614
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37811865
VL - 48
JO - Disasters
JF - Disasters
SN - 0361-3666
IS - 2
M1 - e12614
ER -
ID: 368274461