Table 2.

Key themes in relation to migration and health in the policy documentation at each level of government

	Salient themes
	Migration associated with diseases of concern	Efforts needed to mitigate health threats from migration	Cross-border mobility as a threat to national security	Migration linked to population growth and/or urbanisation	Local sectors’ engagement with migration	Labour migration as a concern	Health worker mobility
National level	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Provincial level				✓			✓
Metropolitan level			✓	✓	✓
	Type of population mobility associated with each theme
National level	-Urbanisation (NCDs*) -Migrant workers, travelers, seasonal farm workers and refugees moving across borders (malaria) -illegal migrants (malaria) -Travelers returning from endemic countries (malaria) -Mobile populations, migrants, undocumented foreigners, labour migrants (HIV, TB & STIs)	-Urban migrants (NCDs*) -Migrant populations (TB) —Migrant workers, travelers and seasonal farm workers moving across borders (malaria) -Recreational travelers and migrant labourers (malaria) -Cross-border migrant labourers (TB)	-Migration of foreign nationals -Immigration -Migration at ports of entry			-Outward labour migration -Iinternational migrants; skilled and business persons -Artisan immigrants -Inflow of people with priority skills -Inflow of skilled labour	-Foreign health workers
Provincial level				-Migration & urbanisation -Cross-border mobility -Migration into provinces -Inter-provincial migration			-Foreign health workers
Metropolitan level			-Illegal migration -Irregular migration -Illegal migrants	-Immigration towards urban areas -Intra-urban migration -Families settling in provincial cities -Migration into urban areas -Rapid urbanisation -In-migration -Immigration & urbanisation -Urbanisation & migration -Urban migrants -Circulatory migration & rapid urbanisation	-Urban migrants & newcomers -Urban migrants -City’s visitors -Rural–urban migration