Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile
Karen Lau

@lau_karen_hk

Social epidemiology, migration & health. From Hong Kong 🇭🇰

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Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Key msgs from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on #UK #AsylumBill : 1⃣ the proposed bill is a clear breach of the #Refugee Convention, 2⃣ UK's bilateral arrangement with #Rwanda fails to meet int'l standards, 3⃣ fast, fair and efficient case processing is the way forward. unhcr.org/uk/news/press/…

Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Jason Ross “A tribute to my mom’s side of my family, who left their home country, Iran, over 40 years ago… it was so nice to go back to my roots with this song” #migrant #solidarity open.spotify.com/track/6HAJv74l…

Sridhar Venkatapuram MSc MPhil PhD MFPH(Hon) FRSA (@sridhartweet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

WHO - Launch of the Health Inequality Data Repository 20 April 2023 13:00 – 14:15 CET The Health Inequality Data Repository is largest global collection of disaggregated data about health and determinants of health – with nearly 11 million data points . who.int/news-room/even…

World Bank (@worldbank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are 184 million migrants + refugees worldwide— ~2.3% of the world’s population. The World Development Report 2023 highlights strategies for #BetterMigration to support development & sustainable growth➡️wrld.bg/6zPM50NRIaw #WDR2023

There are 184 million migrants + refugees worldwide— ~2.3% of the world’s population.

The World Development Report 2023 highlights strategies for #BetterMigration to support development & sustainable growth➡️wrld.bg/6zPM50NRIaw  #WDR2023
BAFTA (@bafta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An emotional moment for Sir Sir Mo Farah and his wife Tania as they take home the BAFTA for Single Documentary for The Real Mo Farah. #BAFTATVAwards with P&O Cruises

Amy Pope (@amyepope) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Humbled and honored to be chosen as the next Director General of IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳. I am ready to work with ALL our member states and global partners to unleash the opportunities provided by effective, orderly and humane migration. 🌐︎

Humbled and honored to be chosen as the next Director General of <a href="/UNmigration/">IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳</a>. I am ready to work with ALL our member states and global partners to unleash the opportunities provided by effective, orderly and humane migration. 🌐︎
Sonya Sceats 🧡 (@sonyasceats) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Signed on behalf of the mighty clinical community Freedom from Torture🧡 — together with our friends Doctors of the World This #RefugeeBanBill cannot be justified. doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/news/clinician…

Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you for joining our #EPH2023 workshop on #work, #migration & #health, discussing #labourexploitation as a health determinant, #migrantcareworkers in ageing societies, & the fluidity of #irregularity on migrant health EUPHA Sally Hargreaves Ursula Trummer Lancet Migration: global collaboration

Thank you for joining our #EPH2023 workshop on #work, #migration &amp; #health, discussing #labourexploitation as a health determinant, #migrantcareworkers in ageing societies, &amp; the fluidity of #irregularity on migrant health <a href="/EUPHActs/">EUPHA</a> <a href="/sal_hargreaves/">Sally Hargreaves</a> <a href="/TrummerUrsula/">Ursula Trummer</a> <a href="/MIGHCommission/">Lancet Migration: global collaboration</a>
Work Rights Centre (@worcrights) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨The government has announced radical new changes to the immigration system from April 2024. Here’s what they mean and we are alarmed 🧵 1/ British citizens (and settled migrants) who want to bring loved ones to join them in the UK must earn at least £38,700 (up from £18,600).

MigrationObservatory (@migobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Migration Advisory Committee's annual report is out, with chapters on net migration, health and care visas, and international students gov.uk/government/pub…

UCLA Labor Studies (@uclalaborsd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 LIVE NOW: Applications are open for our annual UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference! Apply by May 17. 📊🔎 Author, journalist and organizer, Kim Kelly will be our keynote speaker! ✍️📣 Apply: bit.ly/2024SLRC Learn more: bit.ly/IRLE-SLRC

🚨 LIVE NOW: Applications are open for our annual UCLA Strategic Labor Research Conference! Apply by May 17. 📊🔎

Author, journalist and organizer, <a href="/GrimKim/">Kim Kelly</a> will be our keynote speaker! ✍️📣

Apply: bit.ly/2024SLRC
Learn more: bit.ly/IRLE-SLRC
Alison Crawshaw, PhD (@alisoncrawshaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Addressing vaccination gaps among migrant populations - including adults - is crucial. Our latest study in BMC Medicine presents sobering stats & explores approaches to drive catch-up vaccination among adult & adolescent migrants in UK primary care. ➡️ doi.org/10.1186/s12916…

Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New piece highlighting #labourexploitation as a #socialdeterminantofhealth in the global workforce, a neglected research area recently identified by World Health Organization (WHO)’s migration research agenda & The Lancet’s series on work & health Sally Hargreaves Lancet Migration: global collaboration thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Karen Lau (@lau_karen_hk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💡Our new paper in the The Lancet Public Health shows that the risk of fatal occupational injuries in #migrantworkers is almost twice that of local workers & identifies intersecting migration- and labour-related #SDoH Sally Hargreaves @rob_aldridge Mathura Kugan ➡️tinyurl.com/5ya8pdjt