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Amnesty raps Greece over migrant health roundups

In draft legislation submitted to parliament, the government requested backing from lawmakers to hold immigrants in detention for compulsory health checks and treatment for HIV/AIDS and other contagious ailments. 

Published
03 April 2012
From
CBS News
TB services
New UK guidance points the way to tackling tuberculosis among hard-to-reach groups

New public health guidance from NICE published today, ahead of World TB day (24 March), provides a blueprint for improving the way tuberculosis (TB) is identified and managed among groups of people who are hard to reach through traditional health care services.

Published
26 March 2012
From
NICE press release
Immigration
LGBT Asylum in US Just Got a Little Easier

The Obama administration has issued new rules which makes seeking asylum by persecuted gay people a little easier.

Published
14 March 2012
From
Care 2
Immigration
Undocumented immigrants living with HIV refused medication in South Africa

A Zimbabwean woman living with HIV had to be ‘rescued’ from jail in South Africa after spending the entire weekend without access to her medication.

Published
06 March 2012
From
Key Correspondents
Migrants
GREECE / Minister of Health blames undocumented women for HIV infections and calls for their deportation

“The infection goes from the illegal migrant women to the Greek client, into the Greek family” announced Greek Health Minister Andreas Loverdos  on 15 December 2011 at a public health conference, “HIV infected migrant women should be deported”.

Published
18 January 2012
From
PICUM
Access to medicines and treatment
UK: GPs forced to register illegal immigrants after threat of legal action

GPs are being forced to register and treat known illegal immigrants because of the threat of legal action, a Pulse investigation reveals.

Published
23 December 2011
From
Pulse
Africans in the UK
Health risks of migrants to UK can last for years after arrival

Some migrants to the UK have disproportionately high rates of infectious disease and can have increased health risks for several years after arrival, reveals the second report on migrant health published by the Health Protection Agency.

Published
22 December 2011
From
On Medica
Immigration
The immigration applications of NHS debtors can now be refused – how do we manage the public health fallout?

As of 30 October 2011 the UKBA can refuse an application to enter or remain in the UK where someone has an unpaid NHS debt of £1,000 or more. National AIDS Trust is calling on activists to make a case to the Department of Health concerning the impact this will have.

Published
09 December 2011
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Immigration
The present and future of advice and support for migrants in London

Provision has been affected by cuts to funding but the effects have been unequally spread. Some areas of London are relatively well provided while others show big gaps.

Published
05 December 2011
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Access to medicines and treatment
UK: Change rules on drugs for HIV, says top doctor

The law that stops visitors to the UK and asylum seekers from getting NHS Aids drugs must be changed, a senior HIV doctor says, not just in the interests of humanity, but because the drugs now reduce the chance that they will infect other people.

Published
29 November 2011
From
The Guardian
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