Open AccessMigration as Pursuit of the Social Determinants of Health
Author(s) -
Marilou P. Costello
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical social work journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2222-386X
pISSN - 2076-9741
DOI - 10.22359/cswhi_12_4_09
Subject(s) - hostility , refugee , politics , psychology , immigration , criminology , social psychology , social justice , economic justice , sociology , political science , law
Immigrants, refugees and displaced persons are often asource of political and diplomatic tensions as they move away from their homelands. Their movement is often viewed with hostility by those they encounter in their travels. But most of these trav- elers are merely seeking abetter life as evidenced by pursuit of social determinants of health. Their right to this pursuit is reflected in international law and by recognition of principles of social justice.