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FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
More than 1 billion people are estimated to be migrants, living either inside or outside their country of birth. Migration challenges currently feature centrally in electoral politics in the UK, and indeed across Europe ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: School of Oriental and African Studies
The project focuses on understanding the drivers, dynamics, and impacts of migration in the contemporary world, which directly addresses the question.
Between January 2017 and December 2018, 3.2 million Venezuelans migrated from their country as a result of acute domestic political and economic crisis. The largest inflow was to the Andean countries of Latin America: Co...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: Cayetano Heredia University
The project addresses the issue of mass migration and the challenges faced by receiving countries, which partially answers the question. However, it does not specifically mention the impact of coronavirus on migration trends.
PACES offers a groundbreaking approach to studying and understanding people’s decisions to migrate and explores how this knowledge can better inform migration policies. PACES focuses on two parallel research components: ...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
The project explores migration decision-making and policies, which could provide insights into how coronavirus might affect migration trends, but it does not specifically address the impact of the virus.