Neurology in Migrants and Refugees

This book is the result of works and reflections of the World Neurology Federation Speciality Group on Neurology in Migrants. The volume provides a synthesis of migrants’ health in relation to the sustainable development goals and the 2030 agenda, and an up-to-date overview on neurological diseases among migrants, refugees and ethnic minorities.
The book is composed of both general chapters dealing with the history of migration, the relationship between climate change and migration flows, the migration and neurosciences researches and the barriers to migrant’s health. Other chapters deal with the migrants particularities of the common neurological diseases such as cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, dementia, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, headache, functional and mental disorders. In addition also neurological manifestation of COVID-19 in ethnic minorities and palliative care in migrants are discussed.