Migration: Issues of Health and Well Being

Abstract

History reveals that mobility is a fundamental human activity, a vital component of developing human capital and a powerful driver of social change. More people than ever before now live in a different country to the one in which they were born, either by choice or because they were forced to do so. According to a UN estimation, one-third of the world’s population can be defined as migrants, when four out of every five migrants come from a developing country, and many developing countries are also important transit and destination location.