The black book on Turin's pre-removal detention center (CPR). When legal turns political
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2023 The paper describes how NGOs, lawyers' associations and civil society reacted to the suicide of a young man from Guinea while detained in Turin's Pre-Removal Detention Centre (CPR), where migrants are detained for the sole purpose of deportation ...
Maurizio Veglio, Maurizio Veglio
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The effect of rural-to-urban migration on renal function in an Indian population: cross-sectional data from the Hyderabad arm of the Indian Migration Study. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Urban migration is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, obesity and diabetes in Indian migrants. This study assessed the relationship between internal migration and renal function in the Hyderabad arm of the Indian Migration ...
Bailey, Phillippa K +7 more
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The role of the Italic community as a new agent of glocal development in the post-pandemic era
AIMS Geosciences, 2023 The pandemic and the digital revolution are changing the global geopolitical landscape. The dispersion of power linked to the new digital decision-making centers is accompanied by a fragmentation of the traditional system of power in the international ...
Giuseppe Terranova
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Access to healthcare for undocumented migrants: Analysis of avoidable hospital admissions in Sicily from 2003 to 2013 [PDF]
, 2017 Access to healthcare services for undocumented migrants is one of the main public health issues currently being debated among European countries. Exclusion from primary healthcare services may lead to serious consequences for migrants' health.
Addario, Sebastiano Pollina +9 more
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Demography, geopolitics and great power: A lesson from the past
AIMS Geosciences, 2023 Demography is one of the factors determining and influencing the geopolitical balance of power in international relations. Politicians are the main actors in international relations, but powerful human dynamics are at work behind them.
Giuseppe Terranova
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On the ecomorphology of migrants [PDF]
Ibis, 1992 A multivariate analysis of data from a wide range of avian species revealed that migratory distance was related to a high aspect ratio, long and pointed wings and well‐developed distal wing segments. Migration also appeared to set limits on the development of the hind limb and on the wing muscles not involved in forward flight. Among Sylvia warblers it
Hans Winkler, Bernd Leisler
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Meeting basic needs? Forced migrants and welfare [PDF]
, 2005 As the number of forced migrants entering Britain has risen, increasingly restrictive immigration and asylum policy has been introduced. Simultaneously, successive governments have sought to limit the welfare entitlements of forced migrants. Drawing on
Brown, D, Dwyer, PJ
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Advocating for language equity: a community-public health partnership
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 In the United States, 21.5% of individuals aged 5 or older speak a language other than English at home and 8.2% have Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
Dana Kurlander +4 more
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A visible geography of invisible journeys: Central American migration and the politics of survival [PDF]
, 2018 Human rights groups have called undocumented Central American migrants the ‘invisible victims’ of criminal violence in Mexico. However, the geography of the unauthorised migration route through Mexico is highly visible; its location, protocols and ...
Brigden, Noelle K.
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Voice of the Diaspora: An Analysis of Migrant Voting Behavior [PDF]
, 2004 This paper utilizes a unique dataset on votes cast by Czech and Polish migrants in their recent national elections to investigate the impact of institutional, political and economic characteristics on migrants’ voting behavior.
Doyle, Orla, Fidrmuc, Jan
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