#11829. Organising labour market integration support for refugees in Austria and Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic

July 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This paper addresses the question of how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the labour market integration support (LMIS) organised for refugees, and the potential consequences of the changes unfolding. LMIS for refugees is a complex phenomenon involving actors at different interwoven levels—the macro-national level, the meso-organisational level and the micro-individual level. However, the complexities and consequences of such processes for the labour market integration of refugees have so far received limited attention. The current Covid-19 pandemic actualises the need to gain a better understanding of how integration support is organised across the different levels and how the pandemic itself impacts such support. Based on 29 semi-structured interviews and three focus group workshops, the results highlight in particular three developments: (a) a further entrenching of broader, macro-national level developments related to integration support already underway prior to the pandemic; (b) further mainstreaming of activities; and (c) increased volatility of work. Overall, the pandemic has brought to the fore the interrelation of different levels in the organising of LMIS for refugees and has contributed to a stabilisation of already ongoing activities.
Keywords:
Covid-19 pandemic; Labour market; Labour market integration; Mainstreaming; Refugees; Relational framework; Support organisations

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