Global Health & Gender Policy Brief - Migrant Care Workers and Their Families

and elevated in stature as part of the “essential While much care work is provided in institutional workforce” necessary for the overall health of a congregate settings, in-home care is a key nation during the pandemic, they actually face component of the care economy. [...] Migrant domestic workers, since they, too, are vulnerable and may lack an even less protected and researched population, adequate care due to the absence of the migrant make up one-sixth (11.5 million) of all domestic care worker.3 Migrant care workers are competing workers in the world, and roughly three-quarters in a world that has historically undervalued (73.4 percent) of them are women. [...] Many migrant care movement and association are also common workers, concerned about the wellbeing of examples of exploitation faced by migrant workers.13 families back in their country of origin, have sought to return to their countries of origin, CONTINUUM OF GLOBAL but the pandemic has impeded such efforts due to RESPONSES TO MIGRANT threats and fears of job loss, the risk of contracting DOMESTI. [...] In response of the care cadre, they have historically been less to the situation, the government extended supported by immigration policies and host-country temporary permits to migrants with temporary citizens.18 During the pandemic, however, the value residence status enabling them to access their of migrant care workers gained recognition in social rights, but discarded calls for policies and s. [...] Separation from family, lack of social and legal Unfortunately, this special pathway was closed at supports in the host country, and gender the end of August 2021, when the pandemic crisis differences greatly affect the mental health of appeared to be over.27 parents who are also migrant workers.34 Several Middle Eastern countries, including Under the conditions of care drain, the pre- Bahrain, Sa.