Clinical outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 among migrant populations in high-income countries: A systematic review

Health and social needs of migrant construction workers for big sporting events

“…Many countries exempted construction workers from a full lockdown, considering their labour to be essential for ensuring continued critical infrastructure viability. Migrant construction workers may have been overexposed to SARS-CoV-2, a finding reported for other migrant populations elsewhere 21…”

“…The covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on global inequities facing migrant populations, with major health and social effects on migrants. Emerging evidence suggests that migrant populations, including labour migrants, in high income countries may have been disproportionately represented in covid-19 cases, admissions to hospital, and deaths 2021. Labour migrants in many countries were largely excluded from national covid-19 responses, experiencing enforced lockdowns for often lengthy periods in crowded accommodation with poor surveillance.…”

“…Prevention of risks related to working and living conditions, such as overcrowding, is necessary to protect individual migrants and to promote public health. In Singapore, foreign migrant workers are being considered a priority population for covid-19 vaccination owing to the higher risk of infection associated with communal living and working conditions, and other unique risk factors and vulnerabilities for covid-19 2136. The World Health Organization has identified low income migrant workers and irregular migrants as priority groups for covid-19 vaccination 37.…”

Improving the evidence on health inequities in migrant construction workers preparing for big sporting events

“…Recent sustained media and public interest in the conditions of these migrant workers, particularly during the covid-19 pandemic, has highlighted their poor and overcrowded living and working conditions 1. In addition to harsh working and living conditions, marginalised and exploited migrants labourers—in the construction sector but also in many other sectors including manufacturing, services, domestic work, and healthcare—often face socioeconomic inequalities, barriers to health and vaccination services in host countries, and limited rights, all of which affect their physical and mental health.…”

“…They may be more susceptible to infectious disease because of their living and working conditions as well as to a higher burden of some infections (eg, tuberculosis) in the countries from which they originate. They may also be underimmunised 1. Yet a steady flow of migrant workers in search of work opportunities continues from low and medium income countries to high income countries.…”