المجلة الجزائرية للدراسات السياسية
Volume 9, Numéro 2, Pages 364-381
2022-12-22

The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Irregular Migration In The Mediterranean Region: An Empirical Study

Authors : Khalef Ismahane .

Abstract

The present article aims at investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on illegal migration in the Mediterranean region. We argue that COVID-19 has negatively affected the number of illegal migrants due to the restrictions related to the containment of the virus. Empirical results show that the pandemic was temporarily correlated with a decrease in the number of illegal border-crossings.

Keywords

migrant ; illegal migration ; COVID-19 ; restrictions ; Mediterranean