. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor migrants in Argentina

PIZARRO, CYNTHIA ALEJANDRA

Congreso; International Conference ?The Impact of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Migration Mobility; 2020

In Argentina, the government has established a mandatory quarantine a month ago, so people must stay in their homes. Some work can be done by home office. But there are other activities that cannot, for example commerce, agriculture and industry. The quarantine also implies that people should not move around the cities, nor within the country neither from on country to another. Therefore, migrants are not allowed to go back to their places of origin. Most of them work in informal activities that are forbidden, such as street vending, care services, agriculture, informal commerce. Their situation is extremely precarious since they can not earn any money.