TY - JOUR
AU - Zuntz, Ann-Christin
AU - Klema, Mackenzie
AU - Abdullateef, Shaher
AU - Mazeri, Stella
AU - Alnabolsi, Salim Faisal
AU - Alfadel, Abdulellah
AU - Abi-habib, Joy
AU - Azar, Maria
AU - Calia, Clara
AU - Burke, Joseph
AU - Grant, Liz
AU - Boden, Lisa A.
PY - 2021
DA - December
TI - Syrian refugee labour and food insecurity in Middle Eastern agriculture during the early COVID-19 pandemic
JO - International Labour Review
EP - 266
VL - 161
IS - 2
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12348
AB - Drawing on ethnographic data from the 2019 SyrianFoodFutures and 2020 From the FIELD projects, this article provides insights into the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee labour in agriculture in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria. In spring 2020, movement restrictions and supply chain disruptions caused displaced Syrian farmworkers to lose their jobs and experience increased food insecurity. We situate our findings in the context of host countries’ use of legal ambiguity for governing refugees, Middle Eastern agriculture’s reliance on migrant labour, and the region’s longstanding food insecurity. We conclude that formalising refugee labour is not enough to address exploitation.
PB - Wiley
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/1b47c92d-b016-459b-950d-2ecd08ba1308
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Socioeconomic factors
KW - Work and workforce
ER