Socio-sanitary repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic for immigrants and refugees in Brazil: a narrative review of the literature

Abstract:

This narrative literature review aims to present the state of the art of scientific production on the socio-sanitary repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic for international migrant populations in Brazil. The search was conducted in the Web of Science™, PubMed, and Scielo databases from April 21, 2022, to January 12, 2023, and 12 articles were selected. The analysis covered the themes of vulnerability and structural inequality; discrimination and prejudice; access to social and health services and governmental responses; and psychological suffering. There is a need to confront the structural inequalities, neglect, and exclusion suffered by groups of international migrants and intensified during the pandemic. Furthermore, it is urgent to defend intercultural strategies in the Public Health System and to establish a political agenda that encompasses intersectional markers and is committed to guaranteeing the rights and citizenship of these groups.

Keywords:
Covid-19; international migration; Brazil; human rights