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The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar
The spread of Covid-19 in Qatar and the pandemic-led economic slump in the country have substantial financial implications for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar and the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as Qatar has been one of the primary destinations among Sri Lankan migrants in recent years. Based...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00246-0 |
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author | Ekanayake, Anoji Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai |
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description | The spread of Covid-19 in Qatar and the pandemic-led economic slump in the country have substantial financial implications for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar and the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as Qatar has been one of the primary destinations among Sri Lankan migrants in recent years. Based on 12 in-depth interviews and an online survey of 101 Sri Lankan workers in Qatar, this paper assesses the pandemic’s financial implications on three groups of Sri Lankan migrants; the highly-skilled, skilled and semi-skilled. Using a mixed-method analysis, the paper identifies that pay-cuts have been the most common financial issue across all skill levels, with nearly half of respondents reporting deductions from their salaries. The research also identifies that while all three groups of migrants have used various coping mechanisms to mitigate the pandemic’s financial impact, highly-skilled migrants have been more successful in weathering the storm than others due to their accumulated savings. Though compared to the early months of the pandemic, the financial stability of most Sri Lankans in Qatar had improved by September 2020 with the easing of restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19, it might not necessarily transfer into stability in remittances to Sri Lanka, as an increasing number of Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar are considering a permanent return home. |
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spelling | pubmed-84035042021-08-30 The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar Ekanayake, Anoji Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai Comp Migr Stud Original Article The spread of Covid-19 in Qatar and the pandemic-led economic slump in the country have substantial financial implications for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar and the Sri Lankan economy as a whole, as Qatar has been one of the primary destinations among Sri Lankan migrants in recent years. Based on 12 in-depth interviews and an online survey of 101 Sri Lankan workers in Qatar, this paper assesses the pandemic’s financial implications on three groups of Sri Lankan migrants; the highly-skilled, skilled and semi-skilled. Using a mixed-method analysis, the paper identifies that pay-cuts have been the most common financial issue across all skill levels, with nearly half of respondents reporting deductions from their salaries. The research also identifies that while all three groups of migrants have used various coping mechanisms to mitigate the pandemic’s financial impact, highly-skilled migrants have been more successful in weathering the storm than others due to their accumulated savings. Though compared to the early months of the pandemic, the financial stability of most Sri Lankans in Qatar had improved by September 2020 with the easing of restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19, it might not necessarily transfer into stability in remittances to Sri Lanka, as an increasing number of Sri Lankan migrant workers in Qatar are considering a permanent return home. Springer International Publishing 2021-08-30 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8403504/ /pubmed/34485091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00246-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ekanayake, Anoji Amirthalingam, Kopalapillai The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title | The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title_full | The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title_fullStr | The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title_full_unstemmed | The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title_short | The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar |
title_sort | economic impact of the covid-19 pandemic on sri lankan migrants in qatar |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403504/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00246-0 |
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