Effects of COVID-19 on migrant workers in Ecuador

Abstract

The migrant population continues to this day to be not only the main engine of world economies but also part of those who make up the vulnerable groups in society. This study aims to analyze the effects that COVID 19 has had on migrant workers in Ecuador at a legal and social level before and after the pandemic. A qualitative ethnographic design study was carried out, framed at the exploratory level, when addressing an almost unknown problem in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The interview was validated through the criteria of experts in law and research methodology. The sampling technique was non-probabilistic. The data collection instrument was the researcher himself, who, through the interview, was able to collect the narrative data in the natural and daily environments of the participants. It was an observational type of study; prospective; cross; and descriptive while, from the point of view of jurisprudence, it was socio-legal.