Lecture 34: Migration

Question 1

what is migration?

Answer 1

movement of persons away from their place of usual residence, either across international border or within a state

Question 1

what is a refugee?

Answer 1

a person who has to leave their country because they are in danger, often due to war or persecution

Question 2

what is an asylum seeker?

Answer 2

a person who leaves their country and asks another country for protection because they fear harm or danger in their home country. They wait for a decision on whether they can stay as a refugee.

Question 3

what is an internally displaced person?

Answer 3

displaced within their own country

Question 4

what is a migrant?

Answer 4

is living temporarily or permanently in a country which they were not born in

Question 5

why do people migrate?

Answer 5

push factors:
- real or perceived home community conditions that encourage them to migrate

pull factors:
- real or perceived host community conditions that encourage them to migrate

e.g. conflict, healthcare, poverty, employment, education, opportunities, business, marriage, just coz

Question 6

what are the health needs of migrants?

Answer 6

need to consider health needs in the pre-migration phase, the movement phase, arrival and integration phase and return phase.

think about things like what they leave behind, money, family, culture, language, health, discrimination, etc just things that can go wrong across the whole journey really

Question 7

what are some barriers for migration and health?

Answer 7

• legal barriers (visa, documents etc)
• structural barriers (health services, racism, cultural competence)
• individual barriers (language, education, unfamiliarity, finances etc)

Question 8

what does a migrant responsive health service look like?

Answer 8

• migrant health policies
• attention to vulnerable migrant groups
• data collection
• improve staff diversity
• improve knowledge on migrant health/epidemiology
• improve attitudes towards culture, behaviour, migrants
• improve communication and understanding skills for migrants

Question 9

what SDGs relate to migrants?

Answer 9

• mostly SDG 10 -reduce inequalities
• aims to facilitate orderly safe, regular and responsible migration of people

Question 10

what are the benefits of migration?

Answer 10

• reduced under and unemployment in origin countries
• increase employment and development in host and origin countries
• remittances (money sent by a person in one country to someone (usually a family member) in another country)
• cultural diversity
• innovation
• economic growth
• skill transfer