Downloadable Documents
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe, 2018, Health promotion for improved refugee and migrant health: technical guidance. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.
(https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/342287/9789289053808-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
This technical guidance outlines current best practices, evidence and knowledge to inform policy and programme development in the area of health promotion for refugees and migrants.
European Migration Network (EMN), 2014, Migrant access to social security and healthcare: Policies and practice. EMN Synthesis Report for the EMN Study 2013. Brussels: European Migration Network (EMN)/European Commission.
(https://emn.ie/files/p_201407070444042014_synthesis_report_migrant_access_to_social_security.pdf)
The purpose of this EMN 2013 study is to map the policies and administrative practices that shape third-country nationals’ access to social security, including healthcare.
UNICEF, 2021, Improving Social Protection for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: An Overview of International Practices. Based on the full report by Andrade, Sato and Hammad (2021). https://bit.ly/IPC-RR57-en
(https://www.unicef.org/egypt/media/6876/file/Improving%20social%20protection%20for%20migrants,%20refugees%20and%20asylum%20seekers%20in%20Egypt%7C%20Report%20Highlights.pdf%20.pdf)
This summary report focuses on the inclusion of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in social protection systems by exploring the particular vulnerabilities associated with migration and how countries are addressing those vulnerabilities through their social protection systems. It reviews and synthesises lessons from countries that have sought to expand access to social protection for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Lafleur, J-M. and Vintila, D. (eds.). 2020, Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond. Cham: Springer.
Vol. 1 Comparing Access to Welfare Entitlements (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-51241-5.pdf) This book EU policies and programmes in the areas of health care, unemployment, old-age pensions, family-related benefits, and guaranteed minimum resources. Vol. 2 Comparing Consular Services and Diaspora Policies (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-51245-3.pdf) This book provides a systematic analysis of migrants’ access to social protection benefits across 12 of the largest sending countries to the EU. Vol. 3 A Focus on Non-EU Sending States (https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-030-51237-8.pdf) This volume takes the perspective of non-EU countries on immigrant social protection.