COVID-19, agri-food systems, and migrant labour : the situation in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden

Published in July 2020 ; Building on exhaustive Open Society European Policy Institute and European University Institute publications on migrant labour in the agri-food system in Southern and Northern Europe, this short brief focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on agri-food systems and migrant labour in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. As all the country sections in this brief highlight, the Covid-19 crisis has further exposed the limits of long supply chains, including in terms of price distortions, unfair competition and distribution dynamics. The pandemic has al... Mehr ...