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Magnified precarity, re-enhanced agency: the COVID-19 pandemic experiences of Filipino migrant workers in different contexts

par Nagasaka, Itaru;Fresnoza-Flot, Asuncion
Référence Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
Publication Publié, 2025-06-19

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the challenging lives and employment of migrant workers. While the pandemic exposed and exacerbated the existing disadvantages and marginalization of migrant workers, it also foregrounded the contributions of migrant workers to the society’s sustenance and people’s well-being. Building on Hochschild’s concept of the “magnified moment”, this special issue introduces the notion of “magnified precarity” to highlight how the pandemic exacerbated the precariousness of migrant workers and how these workers re-enhanced agency during the pandemic. Using a unique transnational comparative method, which focuses on Filipino workers living in countries with different migration regimes in East Asia, Western Europe and North America, it intends to explore how migrant workers’ agency and distinct migration trajectories intertwined with the spread of the disease and the states’ public health measures, leading to divergent and convergent consequences of the pandemic on their lives.