Social cohesion and attitudinal changes toward migration: A longitudinal perspective amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social interactions and coexistence around the globe in dimensions that go far beyond health issues. In the case of the Global South, the pandemic has developed along with growing South-South migratory movements, becoming another key factor that might reinforce social conflict in increasingly multicultural areas as migrants have historically served as "scapegoats" for unexpected crises as a way to control and manage diversity. Chile is one of the main destination countries for migrants from the Latin American and Caribbean region, and COVID-19 outbreaks in migrant housing have intensified discrimination. In such a context, there is a need for understanding how the pandemic has potentially changed the way non-migrants perceive and interact with migrant nei

SUBMITTER: Castillo JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899890 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature