An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus
An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus

Author(s): Gül Ince-Beqo, Michela C. Pellicani
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
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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