Addressing the needs of refugees and migrants: an inclusive approach to Universal Health Coverage
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- Category: Refugees and Migrants
- Publication Date: 1 March 2023
Safeguarding the health of refugees and migrants is a vital part of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, “to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”, including Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Yet these groups often have poorer health outcomes and face multiple barriers to accessing health care. National health strategies, policies and programmes should identify and respond to the specific health needs of refugees and migrants, including the underlying determinants affecting these populations, in order to meet global targets. This requires health services to be fully accessible; be language and culture sensitive; and be able to monitor the health needs of refugees and migrants and evaluate the efficacy of interventions.
Migration, Integration, and Diaspora Engagement in the Caribbean: A Policy Review
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- Category: Refugees and Migrants
- Publication Date: March 2023
Migration has long been part of Caribbean nations reality. Often discussed in the context of emigration to North America and Europe, movements to and within the Caribbean are an equally important part of its history. In recent decades, climate change, natural disasters, and shifts in global mobility patterns have reshaped the migration landscape in the Caribbean. This document, produced by the Inter-American Bank (IDB) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), presents a policy review on migration in nine Caribbean countries, outlining challenges and opportunities for the integration of the migrant population and a successful engagement with diasporas to advance the development of the region.
World report on the health of refugees and migrants
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- Category: Refugees and Migrants
- Publication Date: 20 July 2022
Worldwide, more people are on the move now than ever before, yet many refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than the host populations. Addressing their health needs is, therefore, a global health priority and integral to the principle of the right to health for all. The key is to strengthen and maintain health systems by ensuring that they are refugee- and migrant-sensitive and inclusive. Health outcomes are influenced by a whole host of determinants. However, refugees and migrants face additional determinants such as precarious legal status; discrimination; social, cultural, linguistic, administrative and financial barriers; lack of information about health entitlements; low health literacy; and fear of detention and deportation. This groundbreaking publication outlines current and future opportunities and challenges and provides several strategies to improve the health and well-being of refugees and migrants. It is an advocacy tool for national and international policy-makers involved in health and migration. Evidence on the health of refugees and migrants remains fragmented – comparable data across countries and over time are urgently needed to track progress towards the health-related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. With only 8 years until the 2030 target date to transform our world, the time to act is now.
A comparative analysis of health status of international migrants and local population in Chile: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis from a social determinants of health perspective
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- Category: Refugees and Migrants
- Publication Date: 2022
International migrants had lower unadjusted prevalence of all health indicators compared to Chileans. That is, unadjusted analysis revealed an apparent HME in all health outcomes. Age, unemployment, and health care system afliation were associated with health outcomes in both populations. Psychosocial determinants were both risk and protective for the analysed health outcomes. After adjustment for each set of SDH, the immigrant health advantage was only signifcant for chronic morbidity. Being migrant was associated with 39% lower odds of having chronic diseases compared to locals (OR: 0.61; 95% CI: 0.44–0.84; P=0.0003). For all other outcomes, HME disappeared after adjusting by SDH, particularly unemployment, type of health system and psychosocial factors.
Mixed Migration Review 2022 - Alternative ideas and solutions for contemporary mixed migration challenges
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- Category: Refugees and Migrants
- Publication Date: 6 Dec 2022
Across the world, we are seeing dangerous trends in mixed migration. These include increasingly high numbers of migrants who go missing or die along mixed migration routes, ongoing commodification of refugees and migrants, and rising violent pushbacks and expulsions at borders. Despite these challenges, refugees and migrants are continuing on their journeys and often taking great risks. It is therefore essential that policymakers develop better migration policies, based on solid evidence and analysis," says Bram Frouws, Director of the Mixed Migration Centre. The 2022 Mixed Migration Review (MMR) aims to provide a comprehensive overview of mixed migration developments in Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Europe and Asia. The report reflects on emerging trends and dynamics impacting upon migration and forced displacement, and provides analysis based on 4Mi data from nearly 15,000 in-depth surveys with refugees and migrants globally. There are many suggestions offered for migration policy changes at local, regional and global scales.
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