Module 16 - Migration Health

Question 1

push (to leave) factors

Answer 1

• poverty
• fear
• disasters
• unemployment
• Climate change
• Oppressive governments
• Poverty* - unsafe conditions in terms of adequate food, clean water
• Lack of job opportunities
• Economic instability
• Violence

Question 2

pull (to find) factors

Answer 2

• safety
• opportunity
• stability
• freedom
• Educational opportunities
• Family re-unification
• Social networks

Question 3

Refugee (UN 1951 Refugee Convention)

Answer 3

someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion

Question 4

Asylum Seeker

Answer 4

a person seeking, but not yet granted, refugee status
- seeking asylum is a human right

Question 5

internally displaced person

Answer 5

a person forced to leave their home due to armed conflict, violence, human rights violations, or disasters, who has not crossed an international border

Question 6

migration myths

Answer 6

• take jobs - economic threat
• use social services - economic threat
• increased violence / crime
  drugs
• disease/unhealthy
• lack of assimilation / language
• racial tensions / marginalization (Zenophobia is a concern)

Question 7

Immigrant paradox

Answer 7

• The idea that migrants who come are carrying disease or those who come to the US are less healthy than Americans is FALSE
  ○ people who some to the US are healthier and do not bring diseases;
• US food system contributes to them getting poorer health
• Polices are based on falsehoods

Question 8

Examples of push/pull factors

Answer 8

border militarization deters people from coming to the border