A IMIGRAÇÃO EM TEMPO DE PANDEMIA DA COVID-19: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

Abstract

The migratory process is part of the integrations between different countries, which comes from social, cultural and economic public policies in favor of promoting the development of peoples and nations. However, the pandemic of COVID-19 has affected several areas, among them, potentially, the migratory flows. In this sense, the objective was to understand the impacts on immigration to Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The study is a bibliographical and exploratory research supported by the theoretical framework of the Deductive Method, in the qualitative approach, with the objective of exploring the theme at hand. The results were obtained by systematically mapping the literature on the Google Academic platform with the terms Coronavirus and Immigration, in Portuguese language articles, from 2019 to 2020. The search resulted in 1,640 articles, selecting the 10 most cited. The studies reveal that through the application of preventive public health measures against the pandemic, containment, mitigation, and suppression were carried out among countries to contain individuals. However, there have been forced migrations, leading to precarious conditions and overcrowding in the shelters, lack of basic sanitation and health care, in addition to the absence of social distance, providing health and political challenges, unfavorable context that does not reveal prospects for immediate improvements. We conclude that there is an urgent need to implement public policies and interventions focused on immigrants and refugees, to guarantee access to health care with greater coverage, and to provide greater social, labor, and financial assistance.