Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

Hanley, Jill; Gravel, Sylvie; Lippel, Katherine; Koo, Jah-Hon

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“…6(p8) “Deportability” 23 and workers’ fear of being medically repatriated 18 have been identified as two key determinants limiting the effectiveness of OHS protections among this specific TFW population. 24 There is thus an important connection between these workers’ “precarious” migration status 25(pp240–241),26 and their employment conditions. But unfortunately, the federally regulated legal regime that regulates the entry and stay of TFWs in Canada has not sought to take this connection into account or to address it, an issue that we will examine in this article.…”

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Factors Influencing the Health and Safety of Temporary Foreign Workers in Skilled and Low-Skilled Occupations in Canada

2019

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This article reports on a study of occupational health and safety (OHS) challenges for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in low- and high-skilled occupations, based on twenty-two cases drawn from a broader study in three Canadian provinces. Interviewees in construction, meat processing, hospitality, and fast food reported concerns regarding working conditions and OHS issues. They include precarious migration status affecting voice; contrasting access to social support; and mechanisms undermining regulatory effectiveness. Sources of vulnerability include closed work permits (making workers dependent on a single employer for job security and family reunification); ineffective means to ensure contractual compliance; and TFW invisibility attributable to their dispersal throughout the labor market. Violations include increased workload without an increase in pay and non-compliance with OHS and contractual rules without oversight. Positive and negative practices are discussed. Recommendations include improving migration security to preserve worker voice and facilitating communication between immigration and OHS authorities.

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2019

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“…Only one study included the health of other groups of temporary foreign workers. 24 The majority of studies were conducted in Ontario (n = 8); one study was conducted in Quebec and another in British Columbia. The studies were largely cross-sectional in nature, eight using a qualitative methodology and two using a quantitative methodology.…”

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“…As with previous themes, fear of being deported remains the single predominant barrier to accessing health care for temporary foreign workers in Canada. 19,21,22,24 Again, the evidence suggests that the fear of repatriation is founded: Orkin et al 27 found that a total of 787 repatriations occurred between 2001 and 2011. Migrant farm workers were most frequently repatriated for medical or surgical reasons (41.3%, n = 325), for external injuries including poisoning (25.5%, n = 201) and for other identifiable reasons (17.3%, n = 136).…”

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The health of temporary foreign workers in Canada: A scoping review

Salami

Meherali

Salami

2015

Can J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: Temporary foreign workers contribute to economic prosperity in Canada, but they experience forms of structural inequities and have minimal rights, which can contribute to their ill health. The objective of this scoping review is to examine the extent, range and nature of the Canadian literature on the health of temporary foreign workers and their families in Canada. METHODS: The review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's five stages for conducting a scoping review. We performed a comprehensive search of seven databases, which revealed 994 studies. In total, 10 published research papers, which focused exclusively on the health of temporary foreign workers in Canada, were included in the study; these 10 papers represented the findings from 9 studies. SYNTHESIS: The majority of the studies involved seasonal agricultural workers in the province of Ontario (n = 8). Major health issues of temporary foreign workers included mental health, occupational health, poor housing and sanitation, and barriers to accessing health care, including fear of deportation and language barriers. These health issues are highly shaped by temporary foreign workers' precarious immigration status in Canada. CONCLUSION: Findings from this study demonstrate the need to reduce barriers to health care and to conduct more research on other groups of temporary foreign workers, outside the agricultural sector.

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“…Research on the medically uninsured population shows a number of problems: avoidance of seeking care, delaying of seeking care, or accruing significant debt in order to access care (Hanley et al 2014, Oxman-Martinez et al 2005, Rousseau et al 2008. There is also the significant risk that interaction with the health care system can lead to denunciation to immigration officials.…”

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Social policy frameworks of exclusion: the challenge of protecting the social rights of ‘undocumented migrants’ in Quebec and Shanghai

Hanley

Wen

2016

Journal of Asian Public Policy

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This article focuses on the implications of administrative "undocumentedness", arguing that a lack of legal recognition across jurisdictional boundaries has parallels whether international or inter-municipal. In Canada and China, migrant workers only began receiving significant public attention in the past 20 years. Canada has had a boom in the use of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program yet tightening immigration procedures overall have led to a rise in the number of undocumented workers. While in China, most rural-to-urban migrants move without transferring their hukou residency registration. The authors argue that there are surprising parallels in the policy frameworks governing access to social rights for undocumented migrants in Quebec and in Shanghai, parallels that create social exclusion. Mutual lessons for addressing the social rights of irregular migrants are discussed.

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Pathways to Healthcare for Migrant Workers : How Can Health Entitlement Influence Occupational Health Trajectories ?

Cited by 16 publications

References 34 publications

Factors Influencing the Health and Safety of Temporary Foreign Workers in Skilled and Low-Skilled Occupations in Canada

Factors Influencing the Health and Safety of Temporary Foreign Workers in Skilled and Low-Skilled Occupations in Canada

The health of temporary foreign workers in Canada: A scoping review

Social policy frameworks of exclusion: the challenge of protecting the social rights of ‘undocumented migrants’ in Quebec and Shanghai

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