Resilience strategies of Filipino irregular migrant domestic workers in the Netherlands during the COVID‐19 pandemic

COVID‐19 has brought a combination of health, socioeconomic and protection challenges to migrants everywhere, and a common view is that these effects have been harshest for those already in vulnerable situations before the pandemic. However, the lived experiences of Filipino irregular migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) in the Netherlands point to a range of impacts instead of a homogenous one. Drawing on interviews and participant observations, we analyse three specific pandemic conse- quences: income and financial remittance volatility, dual country or transnational precarity and physical and m... Mehr ...