Migration and Health
Theories, Policies, and Experiences
Migration and Health
Theories, Policies, and Experiences
Contributor(s): Michela C. Pellicani (Editor), Gül Ince-Beqo (Editor)
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration Series; digestive pathologies; France; heatlhcare; immigration; integration; Italy; migrant health, migration; New Zealand; Pandemic; Portugal; refugee healthcare; sexual and reproductive health; Sweden; USA
Summary/Abstract: This book brings together a range of contributions that analyse the links between migration and health through empirical research, in-depth policy analysis, and field experience from different parts of the world. Although each chapter has a different thematic and geographical focus, they are united by the premise that health is a fundamental human right. It is a useful guide for researchers due to its multiple dimensions in terms of both research methods and units of analysis. It can also be considered a resource for practitioners working in the field, as some contributions report on the direct experiences of health workers and analyse the challenges they face daily in accompanying migrants in health contexts. In addition, other contributions examine the importance of key figures, such as cultural and language mediators, in migrants’ access to health services, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable categories.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-1-80135-025-9
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-1-80135-024-2
- Page Count: 189
- Publication Year: 2024
- Language: English
An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus
An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus
(An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus)
- Author(s):Gül Ince-Beqo, Michela C. Pellicani
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:8-22
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:Analysis; Migration; Health Nexus;
- Summary/Abstract:The reasons and conditions that induce human mobility are manifold. People are increasingly moving within and across national borders due to demographic dynamics, the economic and social structures of migration receiving and sending countries, political and humanitarian crises, climate change, advanced transport and communication technologies, and so on. However, while neo-liberal economies promote the idea of the universal market and facilitate trade in goods, services and finance, the freedom of movement for people changes considerably based on origin and socioeconomic status. Those who manage to cross borders face other challenges in the country of arrival, depending not only on the rights granted but also on how those rights granted on paper are enforced in practice. Indeed, in its multilayered and complex nature, migration challenges the conceptualisation of sovereignty and citizenship in many countries, constantly redrawing the boundaries and meanings of the public spaces and services to which people with migration backgrounds have differentiated access. In accordance with the current political and policy-based conjuncture on migration-related issues, how migration-receiving countries conceptualise migration and efforts to regularise it through nation-state-based policies confirms that migration is considered a problem rather than a natural result of the economic development of global societies and an intrinsic component of social transformations (Castles, 2010). That said, assuming that “international migration is both a cause and a consequence of social transformations such as globalization” (Bilecen, 2019, p. 40), migration policies in general and health policies, in particular, are valuable tools for analysing the impact, consequences and understanding of such changes. Access to health services for migrants with different legal statuses is one of the most important aspects of the integration policies.
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Refugees’ Mental Health in Relation to Negative Attitudes in Receiving Societies: Theoretical Premises
Refugees’ Mental Health in Relation to Negative Attitudes in Receiving Societies: Theoretical Premises
(Refugees’ Mental Health in Relation to Negative Attitudes in Receiving Societies: Theoretical Premises)
- Author(s):Saskia Schubert, Tobias Ringeisen
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Psychology, Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:23-39
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Refugees; Mental Health; Relation; Negative Attitudes; Receiving Societies; Theoretical Premises;
- Summary/Abstract:The number of displaced people worldwide has doubled in the last ten years. Due to wars, violent conflicts, and persecution, roughly 82,4 million people were forced to leave their homes and search for a safe place in another country, giving them the status of refugees as defined by the 1951 Refugee Convention (UN General Assembly, 1951). Its geographical location, political and economic stability, security, and standard of living made Europe one of the major destinations for refugees (IOM, 2020), of whom 1.23 million found shelter in Germany (UNHCR, Global Trend Report, 2021). With that, the country hosted the fifth-largest number of refugees across borders worldwide (UNHCR, 2021).
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Safe, But Worried About Food: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Canada
Safe, But Worried About Food: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Canada
(Safe, But Worried About Food: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Canada)
- Author(s):Ginny Lane, Hassan Vatanparast
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:41-52
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Safe; Worried About Food; Case; Syrian Refugees; Canada;
- Summary/Abstract:Food insecurity is a persistent problem in Canada, especially among vulnerable population groups, such as ethnic minorities, immigrants, and refugees. In Canada, 12.7% of households were food insecure in 2017-2018; however, newcomers (immigrants and refugees) within their first five years in Canada more commonly experienced food insecurity (17.1%), as compared to longer-term newcomers (13.8%), and the Canadian-born (12.2%) (Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020). Arab or West Asian households (immigrants and Canadian-born) were at particularly high risk of food insecurity (20.4%) (Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020). The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) does not present information on distinct immigration categories so refugee food security status distinct from that of economic immigrants cannot be determined. Other Canadian studies using the CCHS food security module have documented high rates of food insecurity among refugees, varying from 55% in Saskatchewan to 57% in Ontario (Lane et al., 2019; Tarraf et al., 2018). These two studies may have reached more vulnerable refugees that were excluded from the CCHS due to not speaking one of Canada’s two official languages (Tarasuk & Mitchell, 2020).
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Italian Asylum Reception System and Health Challenges: The Apulian Case
Italian Asylum Reception System and Health Challenges: The Apulian Case
(Italian Asylum Reception System and Health Challenges: The Apulian Case)
- Author(s):Michela C. Pellicani, Gül Ince-Beqo
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:53-84
- No. of Pages:32
- Keywords:Italian; Asylum; Reception System; Health Challenges; Apulian Case;
- Summary/Abstract:During 2019, in a pre-Pandemic situation, an estimated 11.0 million people were newly displaced and by the end of 2019, the number of people forcibly displaced due to war, conflict, persecution, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order had grown to 79.5 million, the highest number on record according to available data. The number of displaced people was nearly double the 2010 number of 41 million and increased from the 2018 number of 70.8 million. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela) and Yemen represent just a few of the many hotspots in 2019 driving people to seek refuge and safety within their country or flee abroad to seek protection. The proportion of the world’s population who were displaced continued to rise. One per cent of the world’s population in 2019 – or 1 in 97 people – was forcibly displaced. This compares with 1:159 in 2010 and 1:174 in 2005 as the increase in the world’s forcibly displaced population continued to outpace global population growth.
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Ego Network Analysis of Social Capital, General and Health-Related Networks Between Migrants and Non-Migrants in Portugal
Ego Network Analysis of Social Capital, General and Health-Related Networks Between Migrants and Non-Migrants in Portugal
(Ego Network Analysis of Social Capital, General and Health-Related Networks Between Migrants and Non-Migrants in Portugal)
- Author(s):Paulo Nascimento, Magda Sofia Roberto, Ana Sofia Santos
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:85-111
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:Ego; Network; Analysis; Social Capital; General; Health-Related; Networks; Migrants; Non-Migrants; Portugal;
- Summary/Abstract:Migration is a dominant feature of human activity (Scott & Scott, 1989). Apart from a variety of reasons initiating transnational movements, the migratory experience is perpetuated across time and space: those who migrate will be involved in disrupted and reconstructed "sets of interpersonal ties that connect migrants, former migrants, and non-migrants in origin and destination areas through ties of kinship, friendship, and shared community of origin" (Massey et al., 1993, p. 448). Transnational movements can be perceived as social spaces, combining social and symbolic ties, positions in networks, and organizations: by encompassing more than physical features, social capital emerges as the resources inherent in social and symbolic ties (Faist, 1998). The concept of transnational social movements puts migrants at the centre of the social space, as nodes develop formal, informal, vertical, and horizontal ties with alters, in a specific time; being migration a process that considers multiple contexts (Levitt & Schiller, 2004; Lubbers et al., 2020).
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“We’re Constantly Fighting for That Opportunity”: A Qualitative Study of Access Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Hispanic Immigrant Women in The United States
“We’re Constantly Fighting for That Opportunity”: A Qualitative Study of Access Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Hispanic Immigrant Women in The United States
(“We’re Constantly Fighting for That Opportunity”: A Qualitative Study of Access Barriers to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Hispanic Immigrant Women in The United States)
- Author(s):Jessica Merone, Rossella De Falco, Paola Degani
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:113-137
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:Fighting; Opportunity; Qualitative Study; Access Barriers; Sexual;
- Summary/Abstract:Immigrant women in the United States (US) face overlapping difficulties when accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services (Althoff, et al., 2017; Center for Reproductive Rights, 2014; Hasstedt, Desai, & Ansari-Thomas, 2018; Jain, LaHote, Samari, & Garbers, 2022; National Women's Law Center (NWLC), 2017; Smith & LeVoy, 2016; Alarcão, et al., 2019). This is due to several factors, such as difficulties in navigating immigration healthcare policies, language difficulties, gender, socioeconomic inequalities, and cultural barriers (Hasstedt, Desai, & Ansari-Thomas, 2018). Due to the feminisation of migration, female immigrants are considered “a formidable presence” in the US and have slightly surpassed the total number of male immigrants (American Immigration Council, 2020). Although immigrant women – including naturalised US citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPR), and undocumented immigrants – represent a substantial portion of the US immigration population, they are considered more vulnerable than men and continue to suffer from various human rights violations (Kawar, 2004). These human rights violations include lack of access to comprehensive and affordable healthcare, in particular SRH services (Hasstedt, Desai, & Ansari-Thomas, 2018). Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) encompass universal access to a wide range of reproductive health services, including family planning, safe pregnancy and delivery services, abortion where legal, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, information and counselling on sexuality, and elimination of harmful practises against women (such as female genital mutilation/cutting and forced marriage) (Alarcão, et al., 2019).
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Changes in Health Policy and Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in New Zealand
Changes in Health Policy and Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in New Zealand
(Changes in Health Policy and Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers in New Zealand)
- Author(s):Grace Wong, Padmapriya Saravanakumar, Jagamaya Shrestha-Ranjit
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:139-152
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Changes; Health Policy; Migrants; Refugees; Asylum Seekers; New Zealand;
- Summary/Abstract:New Zealand has a long history of migration, driven by the need for an able workforce. As well as economic migrants, the government operates a refugee quota system and has policy provisions for asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The proportion of NZ’s population who were born overseas increased from 25.2% in 2013 to 27.4% in 2018 (Statistics NZ, 2013, 2019). More recent migrants originate from Asia and Europe than Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African (MELAA) countries, or the Pacific Islands.
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Migrants and Digestive Pathologies in A Pandemic Context: A Preliminary Comparative Study Between The French and The Swedish Healthcare Systems and Migration Policies
Migrants and Digestive Pathologies in A Pandemic Context: A Preliminary Comparative Study Between The French and The Swedish Healthcare Systems and Migration Policies
(Migrants and Digestive Pathologies in A Pandemic Context: A Preliminary Comparative Study Between The French and The Swedish Healthcare Systems and Migration Policies)
- Author(s):Fanny Christou, Niki Christou
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:153-169
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Migrants; Digestive; Pathologies; Pandemic Context; Preliminary; Comparative; Study; French; Swedish; Healthcare Systems; Migration Policies;
- Summary/Abstract:This paper stems from a current innovative research proposal in order to strengthen multidisciplinary research when it comes to the articulation between the Covid-19 and migrants’ health issues through the scope of gastro-intestinal diseases. Indeed, based on an extensive literature review dealing with migrants’ inequalities in accessing health, this paper aims to further reflect on the ways health promotion measures towards migrant populations can help in preventing the development of new pathologies in the current pandemic context based on two case studies. The original choice of France and Sweden to conduct this research can be explained by two main factors: 1/ their migration policies diverge, tracing the clear difference between the two that has emerged over time, 2/ these two countries have handled the spread of the Covid-19 very differently. Examining two countries such as France and Sweden can help to understand how discourses on immigration and the role of the welfare state are articulated but also to what extent their respective approaches to face the pandemic have resulted in a similar absence of effectiveness regarding the health situation of vulnerable population such as migrants.
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Improving The Delivery of Immigration and Refugee Healthcare in the USA: Experiences from Academic and Community Hospitals
Improving The Delivery of Immigration and Refugee Healthcare in the USA: Experiences from Academic and Community Hospitals
(Improving The Delivery of Immigration and Refugee Healthcare in the USA: Experiences from Academic and Community Hospitals)
- Author(s):Benjamin Levy, Augustina Mensa-Kwao, Keng-Yu Chuang
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
- Page Range:171-182
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Improving; Delivery; Immigration; Refugee; Healthcare; USA, Experiences; Academic; Community Hospitals;
- Summary/Abstract:Over the past 250 years, the United States has welcomed immigrants and refugees from around the world – creating a melting pot of diversity that has disproportionally influenced American inventions, culture, music, and food. US refugees and immigrants to the United States have produced some of the most important inventions in modern history – Sergey Brin (the co-founder of Google) (Redding, 2018), Jawed Karim and Steve Chen (YouTube), Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (Blue jeans), David Lindquist (Elevator) (Semuels, 2017), and Albert Einstein (photoelectric effect, nuclear energy (Isaacson, 2007). Between 1880 and 1940, immigrants produced 19.6% of inventions in the United States. Today, immigrants make an incredible impact on modernday technology and account for 30% of all inventions (Akcigit et al., 2017).
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