Right to health care for vulnerable migrants

Anya, Ike

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61410-x

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“…In addition to not knowing what support might be available, whether it be in the form of special activities, housing or even free food provided by local organisations, arbitrariness was illustrated by the prospect of removal from the UK and being unable to exercise one's rights before the courts and the police. Although others have drawn attention to the arbitrary application of law and policy*for example in the inconsistent case of removals and access to healthcare (Anya 2007;Hargreaves and Burnett 2008;National Audit Office 2009)*this study records how the selective application of such procedures may give rise to fear and further mistrust of the state. Some participants felt that the state had deliberately conspired against them, for instance by denying them access to their children or by dispersing them to distant cities.…”

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“…In April 2008, the High Court ruled that it was unreasonable for doctors to assess the immigration status of patients and therefore raised the prospect that refused asylum-seekers could enjoy free access to the National Health Service. In practice, however, the High Court ruling changed little and historically refused asylum-seekers found it exceptionally difficult to receive treatment, especially antenatal care (Anya 2007). Those who managed to receive care, including HIV treatment, were later billed thousands of pounds and hence treated as if they were non-nationals who were ineligible for free treatment (Hargreaves and Burnett 2008).…”

Section: Profile Of Refused Asylum-seekersmentioning

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Stateless By Any Other Name: Refused Asylum-Seekers in the United Kingdom

Blitz¹,

Otero‐Iglesias

2011

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Section: Profile Of Refused Asylum-seekersmentioning

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Stateless By Any Other Name: Refused Asylum-Seekers in the United Kingdom

Blitz¹,

Otero‐Iglesias

2011

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…Around the globe, debates about unauthorized im/migrants’“deservingness”—or lack thereof—are ubiquitous in popular, policy, and NGO discussions of unauthorized im/migration and health. Although a handful of bioethicists have begun to contemplate the dilemmas associated with “illegality” and deservingness in a philosophical idiom (e.g., Coyle 2003; Dwyer 2004) and some clinicians have begun to debate these questions in medical journals (Anya 2007; Arnold et al 2008; Kullgren 2008; Virgilio et al 2007), few medical anthropologists—or other social scientists of health—have paid it serious ethnographic attention to date (cf. Chavez 2008; Grove and Zwi 2006; Horton 2004; Ruiz‐Casares et al 2010; Willen forthcoming‐a, forthcoming‐b).…”

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Take a Stand Commentary: How Can Medical Anthropologists Contribute to Contemporary Conversations on “Illegal” Im/migration and Health?

2011

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Of the estimated 214 million people who have migrated from poorer to richer countries in search of a better life, between 20 and 30 million have migrated on an unauthorized, or "illegal," basis. All have health needs, or will in the future, yet most are denied health care available to citizens and authorized residents. To many, unauthorized im/migrants' exclusion intuitively "makes sense." As scholars of health, social justice, and human rights, we find this logic deeply flawed and are committed to advancing a constructive program of engaged critique. In this commentary, we call on medical anthropologists to claim an active role in reframing scholarly and public debate about this pressing global health issue. We outline four key theoretical issues and five action steps that will help us sharpen our research agenda and translate ourselves for colleagues in partner disciplines and for broader audiences engaged in policymaking, politics, public health, and clinical practice.

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Undocumented immigrants and their use of medical services in Orange County, California

Chávez

2012

Social Science & Medicine

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a b s t r a c tDoes an undocumented immigration status predict the use of medical services? To explore this question, this paper examines medical care utilization of undocumented Latino immigrants compared to Latino legal immigrants and citizens, and non-Latino whites in Orange County, California. Data were collected through a random sample telephone survey of 805 Latinos and 396 non-Hispanic whites between January 4 and January 30, 2006. Findings show that undocumented immigrants had relatively low incomes and were less likely to have medical insurance; experience a number of stresses in their lives; and underutilize medical services when compared to legal immigrants and citizens. Predictors of use of medical services are found to include undocumented immigration status, medical insurance, education, and gender. Undocumented Latinos were found to use medical services less than legal immigrants and citizens, and to rely more on clinic-based care when they do seek medical services.

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Right to health care for vulnerable migrants

Cited by 4 publications

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Stateless By Any Other Name: Refused Asylum-Seekers in the United Kingdom

Stateless By Any Other Name: Refused Asylum-Seekers in the United Kingdom

Take a Stand Commentary: How Can Medical Anthropologists Contribute to Contemporary Conversations on “Illegal” Im/migration and Health?

Undocumented immigrants and their use of medical services in Orange County, California

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