Re-emerging from a Hiatus: Migrants and Migration in a Post-Pandemic World

In my last editorial as the editor-in-chief of Migration and Development, titled “Migration at a Crossroads: COVID-19 and Challenges to Migration”, I wondered what the world of migration and migration corridors would look like after the world recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic (Rajan, 2020). I was confident that migration as a phenomenon would endure, as it is such an important part of the human experience and existence. However, what were less clear were the forms and the intensity with which it would re-emerge. I emphasized then the role of collecting up-to-date and relevant migration data would be a key in understanding the new world that has emerged since then, something that I will discuss later in the editorial as well.