DERMATOLOGY, MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Aldo Morrone
IX International Congress of Dermatology, Beijing, 19-22 maggio 2004. P. 116-117

People are increasingly on the move for political, humanitarian, economic and environmental reasons. This population mobility has health and human rights implications both for migrants and for those they leave behind. Migrants often face serious obstacles to good health due to discrimination, language and cultural barriers, legal status, and other economic and social difficulties.