Migration and Health, Theories, Policies, and Experiences

Michela C. Pellicani · Gül Ince-Beqo

Sep 2024 · Migration Series Book 55 · Transnational Press London

About this ebook

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.

About the author

Michela C. Pellicani is Associate professor of Demography at the Department of Political Science - University of Bari (Italy), PhD in Economics of Population and Development.

Research expertise: Population Ageing; International migrations; Integration of immigrants particularly focused on the European Union and the Mediterranean area. Main research partnerships with: La Documentation Française - Paris; Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED) – Paris; l’Institute for Employment Research (IER) University of Warwick; Centre d’étude de Gestion Démographique pour les Administrations Publiques (GéDAP) – University of Louvain-la-Neuve; Department of Social Policy and Social Work - University of Oxford; Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC-CNRS) – Tunis; Groupe International de Recherche: Economie de la Méditerranée et du Monde Arabe (GDRI-EMMA-CNRS); Réseau International de Recherche DémoBalk; Association Marocaine d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Migrations (AMERM); Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED), Centre d’Etudes sur le Développement International et les Mouvements Economiques et Sociaux (CEDIMES).

Responsible for many research programmes financed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), the Italian National Council of Research (CNR), and the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). Over 50 publications (as author or editor) on both national and international scientific reviews and volumes. Referee for several scientific reviews.

Coordinator/President of numerous national and international institutional or scientific committees. Delegate of the University of Bari for the Migration Policies and Integration. Director of the II level Master “Management del Fenomeno Migratorio e del Processo di Integrazione” of the University of Bari and Co-director of the Master in “Migration and Diversity Management” integrating Level 7 Diploma in “Strategic management and Leadership” of the International Business School, Manchester, UK and the University of Bari, Italy.

Gül Ince-Beqo is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Milan. She received her co-tutelle Ph.D. at the Catholic University of Milan and the Regent's University London. Her research focuses mainly on the intersection of migration, gender, and family. She has published in a number of international and national peer-reviewed journals, including International Review of Sociology, Migration Letters, Italian Political Sciences, Mondi Migranti, and De Europa. Prior to her current postdoc position at Milan University, she was involved in various EU-funded projects at Bari University and Urbino University. In May-June 2023, she was a visiting researcher at the Department of Sociology, Lund University.