Asylum seekers in South Africa and Covid-19: A catalyst for social security law reform?

Olivier, Martin S.; Govindjee, Avinash

doi:10.1080/02587203.2022.2047772

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“…In South Africa, the pandemic deepened the unequal treatment of different categories of non-citizens. However, Olivier and Govindjee (2021) provided some valuable guidelines on how the South African government can amend acts and regulations to include non-citizens (including asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors and other non-citizens in vulnerable positions) in current and future social assistance and labour market policies. The response from the EU is based on conditional finance support advocating investment (instead of austerity as before) using grants in combination with loans.…”

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Have Social Policy Responses to COVID-19 Been Institutionalised?

Cruz-Martínez,

Pellissery,

Velázquez Leyer

2023

Social Policy and Society

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Countries adopted a variety of social policy responses to reduce the social risks exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which in some cases took the form of institutional reforms. The study of the institutionalisation of emergency responses is relevant to understanding if and how a critical juncture, like the one opened by the pandemic, can generate path dependencies or changes that expand or retrench social protection. This state-of-the-art article offers an overview of how social policy responses to the pandemic have translated to institutional reform across the globe under various types of welfare systems. By conducting a systematic literature review of thirty-nine peer-reviewed journal articles in two leading bibliographic databases (Scopus and Web of Science), this article reviews the available evidence on the responses to the pandemic and their institutional consequences. We find four underlying research clusters regarding the degree of institutionalisation of the social policy responses implemented during the pandemic.

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confidence: 99%