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This chapter explores how migrants across origin, transit, and destination areas in Indonesia adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic through economic and socio-cultural strategies. Economically, migrants coped with job loss and lack of formal support by relying on savings, informal work, cutting expenses, and returning to their hometowns. Socioculturally, migrants navigated marginalization by mobilizing social capital, such as kinship networks and community solidarity. They engaged in mutual aid, revived cultural rituals for resilience, and used digital connections and storytelling to maintain emotional well-being. The chapter argues that migrant resilience is shaped by geography, gender, class, and identity—and that informal support systems must be recognized in inclusive policies for both crisis response and long-term recovery.

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Migrant Adaptation Strategies: Economics and Socio-cultural Responses During the Pandemic

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    2026年

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  • Luh Kitty Katherina,
  • Imam Syafi’i,
  • Amalia Noviani,
  • Yeshri Rahayu

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This chapter explores how migrants across origin, transit, and destination areas in Indonesia adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic through economic and socio-cultural strategies. Economically, migrants coped with job loss and lack of formal support by relying on savings, informal work, cutting expenses, and returning to their hometowns. Socioculturally, migrants navigated marginalization by mobilizing social capital, such as kinship networks and community solidarity. They engaged in mutual aid, revived cultural rituals for resilience, and used digital connections and storytelling to maintain emotional well-being. The chapter argues that migrant resilience is shaped by geography, gender, class, and identity—and that informal support systems must be recognized in inclusive policies for both crisis response and long-term recovery.