Syrian refugee labour and food insecurity in Middle Eastern agriculture during the early COVID-19 pandemic
Syrian refugee labour and food insecurity in Middle Eastern agriculture during the early COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI：
10.1111/ilr.12348
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发表时间：
2022-05-27
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Boden, Lisa
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作者：
Zuntz, Ann-Christin;Klema, Mackenzie;Boden, Lisa
本文利用2019年SyrianFoodFutures和2020年From the FIELD项目的人种学数据，深入了解了COVID-19大流行对伊拉克、约旦、黎巴嫩、叙利亚和土耳其农业中难民劳工的早期影响。2020年春季，行动限制和供应链中断导致流离失所的叙利亚农场工人失去工作，面临更严重的粮食不安全。作者将他们的研究结果放在东道国在管理难民时使用法律的模糊性，中东农业对移民劳动力的依赖以及该地区长期存在的粮食不安全的背景下进行分析。他们的结论是，仅仅使难民劳工正规化不能解决剥削问题。
Drawing on ethnographic data from the 2019 SyrianFoodFutures and the 2020 From the FIELD projects, this article provides insights into the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on refugee labour in agriculture in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. In spring 2020, movement restrictions and supply chain disruptions caused displaced Syrian farmworkers to lose their jobs and face increased food insecurity. The authors situate their findings in the context of host countries' use of legal ambiguity in governing refugees, Middle Eastern agriculture's reliance on migrant labour, and the region's long-standing food insecurity. They conclude that formalizing refugee labour cannot alone address exploitation.