WHO report on the health of migrant population

Western Lifestyle Poses More Health Risk To Migrants

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Western Lifestyle and society put more risk to the health of migrants and refugees than they post to host nations, as per a study of World Health Organization.

Report by WHO

The first report on the Migrant and refugee health in the west by WHO Europe shows new entrants are at more risk of getting ill while moving to another country, but encounter more dangers when they enter in a host nation because of poor diet, unhealthy living conditions and the obesity epidemic.

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Rise Above Politics, Prejudice

The report on the refugees and migrant health in the WHO European region states they do not transfer diseases or put a unreasonable load on health care systems, and calls on nations to make decisions about giving services to migrants depending on facts, rather than prejudice or politics.