The Migration Factor in the Midst of the Covid Pandemic

... greater social assistance to alleviate poverty. Low labour mobility and a languishing labour market potentially may exacerbate social strife and increase crime rates. With the effects of the shutdown being prolonged in some cases by second waves of the pandemic, the effects on the labour market, income and poverty levels in the developing countries is progressively deteriorating. In Russia according to the official data the migrant inflow declined by as much as 50% in April, though subsequently starting from May the inflow of migrants started to pick up pace and by the third quarter of this year it continued to recover. The outflow ...