With remittances being now recognized as one of the main sources of external funding for developing countries, most of the analyses investigating the relationship between migration and development have focused on the financial returns of migration for origin countries.
This article discusses the development of family reunification since the late 1990s as a distinct area of migration and integration policy – focusing on the trajectories of the Nordic countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
A study in FilaBavi (rural Vietnam) looked at the relation between migration and child morbidity, focussing on the association between migration and under-five morbidity (23).
In this study, we discuss the molecular mechanisms of TNF- α-induced tumour migration and invasion, particularly focusing on the contribution of TNF- α NF- κB Snail pathway.
Indeed, the cross-national comparative work alerted the UK research team to the evident gulf between health research that foregrounds migration (and which tends to focus on recent immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers) and that which foregrounds ethnicity (which tends to focus on established post-colonial communities) and the potential benefits of integrating these strands of work.
Vital but unloved Feeding the hungry Reprints Related items Economics focus: Migration and developmentMay 6th 2004 The Copenhagen ConsensusApr 15th 2004Labour productivity can be strongly influenced by malnutrition at an early age, since it can affect people's size and strength.
The information collected through these reports was complemented by the systematic reading and evaluation of national migration profiles compiled by the Migration Policy Institute, the Migration Policy Centre, Focus Migration and the European Migration Network, as well as reports by international organisations, think tanks and NGOs.
Czech migration and health policy should focus not only on supporting foreigners' integration into society but also especially on the prevention of possible problems within immigration communities.
Recent studies on migration and health tend to focus on risk factors for CVD in younger generations [ 6- 8] and have demonstrated that the length of time since migration is associated with a high prevalence of a disadvantageous risk factor profile.
Studies of migration and depression tend to focus on migrants moving from developing and restructuring countries to industrialised ones and rarely consider links between migrants and their households of origin. 1 However, internal migration within low- and middle-income countries, especially young adults moving from rural to urban areas, is a major feature of global population change.
