Table 2 Key themes in relation to migration and health in the policy documentation at each level of government
From: An analysis of migration and implications for health in government policy of South Africa
Salient themes | |||||||
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Migration associated with diseases of concern | Efforts needed to mitigate health threats from migration | Cross-border mobility as a threat to national security | Migration linked to population growth and/or urbanisation | Local sectors’ engagement with migration | Labour migration as a concern | Health worker mobility | |
National level | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Provincial level | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Metropolitan level | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Type of population mobility associated with each theme | |||||||
National level | -Urbanisation (NCDs*) -Migrant workers, travelers, seasonal farm workers and refugees moving across borders (malaria) -illegal migrants (malaria) -Travelers returning from endemic countries (malaria) -Mobile populations, migrants, undocumented foreigners, labour migrants (HIV, TB & STIs) | -Urban migrants (NCDs*) -Migrant populations (TB) —Migrant workers, travelers and seasonal farm workers moving across borders (malaria) -Recreational travelers and migrant labourers (malaria) -Cross-border migrant labourers (TB) | -Migration of foreign nationals -Immigration -Migration at ports of entry | -Outward labour migration -Iinternational migrants; skilled and business persons -Artisan immigrants -Inflow of people with priority skills -Inflow of skilled labour | -Foreign health workers | ||
Provincial level | -Migration & urbanisation -Cross-border mobility -Migration into provinces -Inter-provincial migration | -Foreign health workers | |||||
Metropolitan level | -Illegal migration -Irregular migration -Illegal migrants | -Immigration towards urban areas -Intra-urban migration -Families settling in provincial cities -Migration into urban areas -Rapid urbanisation -In-migration -Immigration & urbanisation -Urbanisation & migration -Urban migrants -Circulatory migration & rapid urbanisation | -Urban migrants & newcomers -Urban migrants -City’s visitors -Rural–urban migration | ||||