Migration, both voluntary and forced, has become a defining feature of our time, reshaping societies, health systems, and individual life courses. While migration can offer opportunities for improved well-being, it also intersects with social, economic, and legal inequalities that affect health outcomes in complex ways, and health implications may resonate across families, communities, and receiving societies.

This session invites submissions that examine the relationship between migration processes and health in local, national, or global contexts. We aim to explore how migration-related factors, including mobility, displacement, integration policies, access to care, legal status, and discrimination, shape health trajectories and health inequalities across populations.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Structural and systemic barriers to healthcare access for migrants and refugees
• Influence of migration status, legal precarity, and asylum procedures on health
• Mental health, trauma, and psychosocial well-being in contexts of forced migration
• Health governance, policy responses, and innovative models of inclusive healthcare
• Comparative or cross-national perspectives on migration-related health disparities

We welcome interdisciplinary submissions from public health, medicine, sociology, anthropology, migration studies, and related fields. We especially encourage contributions that challenge dominant narratives, address overlooked structural determinants of health, and propose actionable pathways toward health equity in migration contexts.

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