Summary: EU Governance of Forced Migration – Impacts on Health (and) Equity

On 30 November, EUHealthGov held an In Conversation event on (forced) migration and health. We were delighted to welcome Dr Tamara Tubakovic (LSE), Dr Apostolos Veizis (INTERSOS) and Dr Mechthild Roos (University of Augsburg).

The speakers explored how the governance of forced migration affects the health of people on the move, and the role of the EU within this increasingly polarised political landscape. They discussed policy reforms that have affected migrant’s access to healthcare systems specifically, and, beyond healthcare, how the contemporary asylum paradigm normalises cruelty towards- and the dehumanisation of people on the move.

Read the full summary here

You can watch a full recording of the webinar here.