Abstract/Summary

This Policy Brief analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant families in the UK. It highlights how migrants’ differential legal and immigration status during the crisis exacerbated existing economic and social inequalities facing migrant families, with significant consequences for the wellbeing, care and protection of the most vulnerable groups. Policy recommendations focus on the need to address intersecting inequalities in the labour market, health and social care, welfare and immigration systems; facilitate transnational family reunion and mobility across borders, especially where there are care needs; and increase funding and collaboration in service delivery to address the needs of the most vulnerable migrant families.