The management of Covid19 pandemic and its impact on migrant farmworkers in Italy: anthropological insights

What is it about?

Two important measures concerning the management of the workforce were introduced in Italy during the Covid 19-related health emergency: the regularization of irregular migrants working in the domestic and agro-industrial sector, and the introduction of the health-pass requirement to access workplaces. Based on the case study of the informal settlements for seasonal migrant workers in the agro-industrial district of Capitanata (Apulia), this articles analyses the impacts of such measures on migrant farmworkers.

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