Assessment of the Health and Living Conditions of Migrants in Keffi Local Government /Area of Nasarawa State

The paper is an Assessment of the health and living conditions of migrants in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State with the objective to examine the nature of migrants' living conditions in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The paper adopted Health Belief Model as theoretical framework. The paper employed social survey design and used questionnaire as instrument for data collection. 100 questionnaires were distributed and 93 were retrieved for analysis. The paper revealed that migrants' health and living conditions are more vulnerable to health risks and expose to hazard in the course of migration. The paper concludes that the circumstances surrounding the migration process increase migrants' vulnerability and expose migrants to various health risks. Therefore the paper recommends that a formal and mandatory health insurance should be established for all migrant workers with a reasonable cost that is suitable to the employers' capability, income, length of stay and Strategies should be developed, and national policies that regulate the right and access to health care of migrants in Nigeria should be instituted and sustained