Labour overview in times of COVID-19: Impact on the labour market and income in Latin America and the Caribbean [Second Edition]

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated unprecedented changes in the world of work. While the crisis has affected all workers, migrants and their families, especially those with irregular migration status and/or engaged in informal work, face additional challenges. 

In this context, this Briefing Note has three objectives. First, it briefly analyses the labour landscape of migrant and refugee workers in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2010 and 2019. Second, it presents the results of a rapid assessment conducted by the ILO in Latin America and the Caribbean between August and October 2020. The assessment analyses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour and socio-economic landscape, and the responses of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrant workers, government authorities, employers' organizations, trade unions and civil society organizations to the new situation. Finally, in the third part, the document proposes recommendations for good governance of labour migration and the socio-economic integration of migrants and refugees in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.