The Impact of COVID-19 on Ethiopian Migrants and their Households in Five Communities of High Emigration: Insights from the Regional Data Hub (RDH) Research on Young Ethiopian Migration along the Eastern Corridor: Case Study Report 5

The Impact of COVID-19 on Ethiopian Migrants and Their Households in Five Communities of High Emigration (July 2022) is the fifth publication in a series of thematic reports that build on the analysis of data collected by the IOM Regional Data Hub for the East and Horn of Africa for a multistage research project aimed at better understanding the migration of young Ethiopians along the Eastern Corridor. 

The third stage of the project was conducted in the first half of 2021 in five communities of high emigration in Ethiopia. Given the emergence of new migratory trends of Ethiopians along the Eastern and Southern Corridors during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper looks at these communities of high emigration using household-level data to explain how the health emergency has impacted mobility dynamics in these communities and the households living in them.