UN / MIGRANTS HEALTH

At a meeting called "Promoting migrant health" on the sidelines of the General Assembly debate, the head of International Organization for Migration (IOM) said “migrants are not a problem, they are human reality, and we have to manage it, and we do it best by giving them access to health.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 22 September 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION - IOM
• Subject Topical: PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES
• MAMS Id: 1976957
• Parent Id: 1976957
• Alternate Title: unifeed170922j

Description

STORY: UN / MIGRANTS HEALTH
TRT: 1:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 22 SEPTEMBER 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Exterior, United Nations Headquarters
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) William Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration:
“It is in the national public health’s interest to give the migrants the opportunity to become productive members of their host societies. To be informed about the services available and to remain healthy both physically and psycho-socially.”
4. Wide shot, conference room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) William Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration:
“3.5 per cent of the world are international migrants but they produce 9 per cent of the world’s GDPs and 4 per cent more than they would produce if they had stayed home.”
6. Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) William Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration:
“Migrants’ health needs and rights must be mainstreamed into global health migration development agenda.”
8. Med shot, moderator
9. SOUNDBITE (English) William Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration:
“Migrants are not a problem, they are human reality, and we have to manage it, and we do it best by giving them access to health.”
10. Wide shot, conference room

Storyline

At a meeting called "Promoting migrant health" on the sidelines of the General Assembly debate, the head of International Organization for Migration (IOM) said “migrants are not a problem, they are human reality,” adding that their health needs and rights must be mainstreamed into policy-making.

IOM's William Swing said that “it is in the national public health’s interest to give the migrants the opportunity to become productive members of their host societies,” adding that migrants should be “informed about the services available and to remain healthy both physically and psycho-socially.”

On migrants’ access to health service, Swing said “migrants’ health needs and rights must be mainstream into global health migration development agenda.”

Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.

IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.