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Editorial Health and Social Care in PostMigration Environments

Editorial Health and Social Care in PostMigration Environments Editorial Health and Social Care in Post-Migration Environments Charles Watters Director, The European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care, University of Kent At the time of writing, the health care of migrants is highlighted particular challenges facing services through becoming an increasingly important issue for policy the presence of particular migrant groups and the makers and service providers across the industrialised potential for sensitive and innovative responses to needs. countries. The current Portuguese Presidency of the European Union has identified Migration and Health as More broadly, engaging in dialogue with colleagues one of the thematic priorities of its presidency, and from different parts of Europe on issues of migration, initiated a major conference on the subject which took health and social care reveals the significant differences place at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon in that exist between the vision of migrants and their September 2007.As a Scientific Advisor to the Presidency, needs. While one must be wary of over-generalisation, I was responsible for convening a workshop on the there is nevertheless a tendency in Southern European specific topic of Migration and Mental Health and for countries to view ‘migrants’ as recently arrived from drafting recommendations for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
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1747-9894
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10.1108/17479894200700008
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Editorial Health and Social Care in Post-Migration Environments Charles Watters Director, The European Centre for the Study of Migration and Social Care, University of Kent At the time of writing, the health care of migrants is highlighted particular challenges facing services through becoming an increasingly important issue for policy the presence of particular migrant groups and the makers and service providers across the industrialised potential for sensitive and innovative responses to needs. countries. The current Portuguese Presidency of the European Union has identified Migration and Health as More broadly, engaging in dialogue with colleagues one of the thematic priorities of its presidency, and from different parts of Europe on issues of migration, initiated a major conference on the subject which took health and social care reveals the significant differences place at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon in that exist between the vision of migrants and their September 2007.As a Scientific Advisor to the Presidency, needs. While one must be wary of over-generalisation, I was responsible for convening a workshop on the there is nevertheless a tendency in Southern European specific topic of Migration and Mental Health and for countries to view ‘migrants’ as recently arrived from drafting recommendations for

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International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care – Emerald Publishing

Published: Oct 1, 2007

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