Based on earlier crises, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic might aggravate the already-wide employment gap between foreign (out-side Europe)- and native-born people, creating a long-term employment crisis. The aim of this paper is therefore to investigate how the pandemic has affected the labor market situation for foreign-born individuals in Sweden during 2019–2022. In the paper, we combine sociology and economics with an intersectional approach, which enables the identification of mechanisms and trends affecting the labor market for the foreign-born. We use a labor force survey (Labour Force Studies, LFS, collected by Statistics Sweden) to analyze the effects of the pandemic on the labor market situation for foreign borns. The preliminary results show that during the investigated period, the employment rate fell more for the foreign-born (out-side Europe) compared with the native-born. Furthermore, we found that within the foreign-born group, the employment rate fell more for foreign-born women than for native-born women. The results indicate that the labor market situation has worsened more for women than men and for the foreign-born than the native-born and that foreign-born women are most affected. By identifying the underlying discriminatory structures and the groups that are particularly vulnerable, the results can provide a basis for policy actions aimed at preventing a further weakening of the labor market situation for foreign-born individuals and creating essential settings for increased resilience in future crises.