Marginalized migrants were some of the most negatively impacted by the covid-
19 pandemic and governmental responses to it. This article examines how
migrant-serving organizations (MSOs) responded to the pandemic and interfaced
with the local state to facilitate migrants’ rights and access to resources.
Conceptualizing MSOs as central elements of infrastructures of migrant urban
citizenship (MUC), we highlight the processual and relational nature of
citizenship as always (re)made through infrastructural actors' work and practices.
Drawing on interviews, observations and documents in Berlin, Copenhagen, and
Tel Aviv, we show that while the three cities were impacted by similar national
responses to the pandemic, varied local governance contexts, alongside national
migrant policies, stirred urban responses in considerably different ways.
Specifically, we argue that while MSOs mobilized through the crisis to identify
opportunities, these different contexts resulted in different modes of citizenshipmaking at times of crisis: brokering, bridging and building.
| Period | 4 Jun 2023 |
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| Held at | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
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| Degree of Recognition | National |
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