Acknowledgments
We are particularly grateful to Marina Richter for her comments on an earlier version of this text.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Notes on contributors
Dr Alistair Hunter is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, within the Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies subject area. His current research focuses on ageing and dying in migratory contexts.
Dr Eva Soom Ammann is lecturer and senior researcher in Nursing at the Health Division of Bern University of Applied Sciences. Her research is in the fields of Medical Anthropology, Migration Studies, Public Health and Health Care.