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Globally, there is a lack of high-quality and policy-relevant research on health, migration and displacement. There is also lack of clarity about which knowledge gaps should be addressed in order to advance progress towards the most urgent global public health objectives, such as within the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), and the WHO Triple Billion Targets. To address these global evidence gaps, the WHO Department of Health and Migration undertook a consultative research agenda setting process to build consensus with over 180 sta...

The health of people on the move has never been so important, as one in eight persons across the world is a refugee or migrant – an estimated 1 billion people.Against this backdrop, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kingdom of Morocco co-organized the Third Global Consultation on the Health of Refugees and Migrants with a goal of establishing enduring leadership and commitment for the health of refugees and migrants. The Third Global Consultation took place in Rabat, Kin...

The universal Church commemorates the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 24, and the Church in the United States commemorates National Migration Week from September 18-24.

Bishop Seitz referenced the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt, in which the child Christ, the Blessed Mother, and St. Joseph were forced to flee to Egypt when Kin...

"Angels Unawares," a work by Timothy Schmalz on The Catholic University of America's campus, depicts 140 immigrants. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 19:10 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is highlighting the overlooked right to remain in one’s country during its weeklong celebration of National Migration Week from Sept. 18–24. “For millennia, people have been forced to flee their homelands, seeking safety and security, because of factors beyond their control,” El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz, ...