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Migrant health
Approximately 8% of the UK population was born abroad and every year thousands of migrants from all over the world travel to and from the UK.
Although most migrants to the UK are healthy young adults, some groups are at increased risk of infections like hepatitis, HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
Baseline Publication
What's new
- A demographic overview of those living and working in England and Wales and a comparison of infectious disease and immunisation rates in the Accession countries with those in the UK
Migrant workers from the EU Accession countries (PDF, 282 KB)
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