Reports, Policy Documents

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Published reports and collaborative projects on migrant and ethnic minority health in Europe, 1985-2008
List compiled by David Ingleby. Download here

Manfred Huber and Anderson E. Stanciole (2009) Policy brief on the research findings of the of the project HealthQUEST:

Access to Health Care for Migrants, Ethnic Minorities, and Asylum Seekers in Europe

Report of EAHC Health and Migration Advisory Group Meeting, Luxembourg 25-26 February 2008. Web page

The main objectives were to provide an update on recent activities in health and at EU and international levels; review and create linkages with current projects on health and migration funded under the public health programme; consider related EU policy developments in the areas of public health; migration, employment, equal opportunities and research; and exchange information and contribute to the planning and organization of future work on the topic of health and migration.

Publications

Vulpiani, Pietro; Josep M.Comelles; Els van Dongen (2000) Health for all, all in health. Cidis/Alisei, Perugia. First report of the project "Salute per Tutti"

This web site contains information about the second stage of this project, carried out in Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, under the name "Partners for health".

Migrant and ethnic health research: Report on the European Public Health Association Conference 2007.Snorri B. Rafnsson and Raj S. Bhopala. Public Health. 2008 May. Abstract

Carin Björgren Cuadra and Sandro Cattacin (eds.) (2007). Migration and Health: Difference Sensitivity from an Organisational Perspective. Malmö: IMER.

Sandro Cattacin and Milena Chimienti, in collaboration with Carin Björngren Cuadra (2007). Difference Sensitivity in the Field of Migration and Health: National policies compared. Working paper 1, University of Geneva.

Douglas W MacPherson, Brian D Gushulak & Liane Macdonald (2007). Health and foreign policy: influences of migration and population mobility. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007;85:200-206.

Luisa Vázquez Navarrete et al. (Health Policy Research Unit, Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya) (2008) Addressing immigrants’ health. A comparison of policy answers in three European countries (Spain, Italy, UK). Powerpoint presentation

Luisa Vázquez Navarrete et al. (Health Policy Research Unit, Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya) (2008) Addressing immigrants’ health care needs. Policy answers in Spain. Powerpoint presentation

European Federation of Taiwan Health Alliance (2008) Report of seminar in Brussels on Migration: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems in Europe and beyond

Mladovsky,P. (2007) Research Note: Migration and health in the EU. London School of Economics. Download

Eurohealth

A joint publication of the WHO's European Observatory on Health Systems and Policy and LSE Health and Social Care, Eurohealth provides one of the primary platforms for policy-makers, academics and politicians to express their views on European health policy. Eurohealth includes reports on the latest developments in health care reforms throughout Europe from experts working in the field. It also provides a look at important health policy developments around the world. In addition, Eurohealth provides readers with up-to-date information on the work of European and international organisations and institutions, with a particular emphasis on the European Union. web site

Euro Observer

The WHO's European Observatory on Health Systems and Policy also publishes the health policy bulletin Euro Observer.

The Winter 2007 issue was devoted to the topic of “Migration and health in EU health systems - case studies from the Netherlands, Italy and Spain”. Three countries’ migrant health policies were described, revealing considerable differences. The issue of undocumented migrants and their access to health care systems in those three countries was also addressed.

European Agency for Fundamental Human Rights

Starting with 2008, the FRA includes health care as an area in its annual report on discrimination in the 27 EU Member States.

Download 2008 report here (FRA Annual Report)

Download 2009 report here (FRA Annual Report)

Download FRA MIDIS report (2009) here (EU Minorities and Discrimination Survey)

Declarations, recommendations

Bratislava Declaration on health, human rights and migration. 8th Conference Of European Health Ministers, Bratislava, 22-23 November 2007. Download here

Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on health services in a multicultural society (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 8 November 2006 at the 979th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

Abbreviated url: http://tinyurl.com/39bxw2

Explanatory memorandum to this recommendation

Council of Europe: Health conditions of migrants and refugees in Europe. In Report of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography Doc 8650 Bruxelles: Council of Europe; 2000. Web site.

Recommendation 1503 (2001) of the Parliametary Assembly based on the above report.

Opinion of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee on the above report (Doc 8878).

Overall European Health Strategy 2008-2013

October 2007: The European Commission has adopted a new strategy for health, Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013. Contains statements about equity but nothing explicit about migrants, minorities etc.

European Commission (2006) Consultation regarding Community action on health services (Concerned with cross-border health provisions)

P. 2 states: "The benefits that different health and social security systems provide and their organisation remain the responsibility of the Member States, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity."

Compare Article 152, paragraph five of the Treaty of Amsterdam: "Action in the area of public health shall fully respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care."

These considerations impose important limitations on the extent of common EU health policies.

Council of the European Union Permanent Representatives Committee

Note on health and migration in the EU (29th November 2007)

Portuguese Presidency Conference on Migration and Health, 2007

Fernandes, A., Carballo, M., Malheiros, J. & Pereira Miguel, J. (eds.) (2007) Challenges for health in the age of migration (7 chapters) download

Fernandes, A. & Pereira Miguel, J. (eds.) Health and Migration in the EU: Conference Proceedings. Download available here (7MB)

Fernandes, A. & Pereira Miguel, J. (eds.) Health and Migration in the EU: Better health for all in an inclusive society (2009)Download (5MB)

Portugal, R., Padilla, B., Ingleby, D., De Freitas, C., Lebas, J. & Pereira Miguel, J. (2007) Good practices on health and migration in the EU. Download (14 MB) (NB The final version of this report is included as Part II of the previous document).

Padilla, B. & Pereira Miguel, J. (2007) Health and Migration in the EU: Building a Shared Vision for Action. download

Conference Conclusions and Recommendations download

Speech by the Director-General of the WHO, Margaret Chan: “Health and Migration” download

Speech by Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner responsible for Health: “Improving the health of migrants in Europe” download

WHO resolution 2008

Resolution passed at the the Sixty-first World Health Assembly on May 24th concerning the Health of Migrants.