The article analyses the socio-economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on migration in the context of the new (im)mobility regime under which international migration has seen sharp decreases. Based on the latest analyses and reports of global mobility actors, we test the thesis that migrants have stayed in the workplace, whereas 'others' have been able to work from home. Migrant work is important for the relatively stable functioning of society during such a great health crisis; still, national economies' dependence on migrant labour is a constant that has only been exacerbated by the pandemic. The analysis shows that migrant workers in times of limited spatial mobility (as part of the global precariat and the 'new poor' created by the pandemic) contribute to the systemic functioning of society. The narrower aspect of the analysis reveals the considerable persistence and resilience of migrant work during the pandemic, as seen in the almost unchanged volume of migrants' remittances in 2020.
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