Migration and health: an introduction

This draft chapter has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing in Handbook of Migration and Health, edited by Edited by Felicity Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK, published in 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781784714789.00009The final published version is available via the DOI in this recordMigration is now firmly embedded as a leading global policy issue of the twenty-first century. Whilst not a new phenomenon, it has altered significantly in recent decades, with changing demographics, geopolitics, conflict, climate change and patterns of global development shaping new types of migration. Against this evolving backdrop, this Handbook offers an authoritative overview of key debates underpinning migration and health in a contemporary global context