Immigrants in each country have a particularly big impact on the new corona OECD report

Immigrants from each country have a particularly big impact on the new corona OECD report October 20, 5:02

The OECD = Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is particularly affected by the fact that immigrants living in member countries such as Europe lose their jobs and are at higher risk of infection due to the new coronavirus compared to those from that country. I have compiled a report that says that it is.

On the 19th, the OECD, which includes Japan, European countries, and the United States, released a report summarizing the effects of the new coronavirus on immigrants.

According to the report, the number of permanent resident migrants who flowed into OECD countries reached 5.3 million last year, but the first half of this year was about half of the same period last year due to the restriction of entry due to the spread of the new virus. It is expected that the number of people will be the lowest ever in a year.

In addition, people who have already moved to OECD countries have also been greatly affected, and among those who work in restaurants and hotels, more people are losing their jobs due to the impact of the new virus, and immigrants in all member countries. The unemployment rate is higher than that of people from that country.

Furthermore, due to the fact that there are many so-called "essential workers" who work in the field that supports the lives of citizens, the risk of infection with the new virus is twice that of people from that country.

"Immigrants are vulnerable to pandemics and need help. We must reaffirm that migrants are also essential to developed countries," OECD Secretary-General Glia said at a news conference.

French human rights group "Society maintained by immigrant workers"

In an interview with NHK, French human rights group Eve Pascuo, who supports refugees, said that the number of immigrants and refugees will be limited due to the fact that European countries have restricted border traffic in response to the new coronavirus. , Expressed concern that those in difficult situations have lost their way.

On the other hand, Pascuo says that in European countries, immigrants are responsible for many of the so-called "essential workers" who work in the field that supports the lives of citizens.

"The society could be maintained by front-line migrant workers. Without these people, the situation would have been even worse," said Pascuo, who said the Corona disaster was the acceptance of migrants and refugees. It is pointed out that it may be an opportunity to take a positive view of.