Background Note: Population Mobility and HIV and AIDS - Review of Laws, Policies and Treaties between Bangladesh, Nepal and India

Various surveys and studies (e.g. Barbora et al., 2008; Theime, 2006) reveal that migrants are disadvantaged relative to the native population in terms of employment, education and health. While their contributions are often key to the survival of families and communities back home, those who move and those who remain face many vulnerabilities.