What has been the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrants? An update on recent
evidence
While the COVID‑19 crisis had a disproportionate impact on immigrants during the first
months of the pandemic, the longer run effects are more mixed. Employment rates of
foreign-born people are up, back to or near pre-crisis levels for most countries.
However, long-standing weaknesses in access to training remain, and immigrants are
still more likely than the native-born to catch the disease, to develop severe symptoms,
and to face higher mortality risks. Following a first OECD policy brief published
after the first wave (OECD, 2020), this policy brief provides new evidence on the
impact of the pandemic on immigrant integration in terms of health, labour market
outcomes and training, as OECD countries start to recover from the crisis.
Published on August 30, 2022
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