In recent decades Europe has experienced periods of push and pull migration. Whereas pult migration has been seen as economically beneficial, there is concern that push migration will accelerate the employment crisis. This article qualifies this view by aigdng that migration may erode institutional constraints. The theoreticaX framework behind thts idea accounts for heterogeneous labor, monopol...

Patterns of migration can change greatly over time, with the size and composition of migrant populations reflecting both, current and historical patterns of migration flows. The recent economic crisis has caused a decrease on migration flows towards the most affected areas, as well as cut offs in health interventions addressed to migrants. The objective of this paper is to review available data...

While the globalization process has come with the rapid liberalization of trade and capital flows, restrictive migration policies have expanded during the last decades. However, international migration has really begun to slow down after the triggering of the global economic crisis. Immigrants are indeed directly exposed to the effects of the recession, being the first affected by the rise of u...

Forced migration has become a world-wide phenomenon in the past century, affecting increasing numbers of countries and people. It entails important challenges from a global health perspective. Leppold et al have critically discussed the Japanese interpretation of global responsibility for health in the context of forced migration. This commentary complements their analysis by outlining three pr...