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US: Doctors report dangerous delays in care among migrants fearing deportation
Source: Emily Baumgaertner NunnNina Agrawal and Jessica Silver-Greenberg - New York Times

US: Doctors report dangerous delays in care among migrants fearing deportation

10 May 2025
Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say Since President Trump announced plans for mass deportations and rescinded protections for hospitals and clinics, health care facilities have seen a jump in no-shows. A man lay on a New York...
Russia: New bill proposes requiring HIV-free certificates for migrant entry
Source: kommersant

Russia: New bill proposes requiring HIV-free certificates for migrant entry

1 May 2025
Translated with Deepl, scroll down for original article in Russian. The State Duma proposed to ban migrants from entering the Russian Federation without a certificate of absence of HIV. The head of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy...
UAE: New Dubai regulations define traveler obligations and health responsibilities
Source: Findlay Mair - Time Out

UAE: New Dubai regulations define traveler obligations and health responsibilities

28 April 2025
Dubai’s new public health law could affect your next trip — here’s how His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, has issued a new public health law in Dubai. Law No....
Dominican Republic: New health protocol requires migrants to pay for care and face deportation after treatment
Source: Susmita Chaulagain - Jurist News

Dominican Republic: New health protocol requires migrants to pay for care and face deportation after treatment

26 April 2025
Rights group condemns Dominican Republic new health protocol for discriminating migrants. Amnesty International condemned Thursday the Dominican Republic’s new health protocol that requires migrants to provide documentation and pay fees to access public health services. The group argued that the...
Canada: Montreal’s only anglophone HIV/AIDS care centre helps migrants living with HIV navigate their integration into the province
Source: Zachary Cheung - The Link

Canada: Montreal’s only anglophone HIV/AIDS care centre helps migrants living with HIV navigate their integration into the province

19 April 2025
A path to new beginnings: migrants with HIV Montreal’s only anglophone HIV/AIDS care centre supports newcomers beyond healthcare. Colombian immigrant Ferney Mendoza sits in a warmly lit room watching a PowerPoint presentation at Montreal’s only anglophone and allophone HIV/AIDS support...
UK: Legal victory for HIV-positive migrant after prolonged detention
Source: Garden Court Chambers

UK: Legal victory for HIV-positive migrant after prolonged detention

17 April 2025
High Court grants interim relief and orders the Home Office to release HIV positive detainee In R(DJR) v Secretary of State for the Home Department AC-2025-LON-000975, the High Court ordered the Secretary of State for the Home Department to release...
Australia: Brazilian migrants recount their experience from diagnosis to new beginnings in Australia
Source: SBS Podcasts

Australia: Brazilian migrants recount their experience from diagnosis to new beginnings in Australia

17 April 2025
‘Life doesn’t end when you are diagnosed with HIV: it’s a new beginning’ Augusto, 32, from Brisbane, and Carolina, 38, from Byron Bay receive free medical treatment in Australia, a service available to everyone, including foreign students. With the medication...
Mauritius: Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raise questions on Mandatory HIV testing for migrant workers
Source: UN

Mauritius: Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raise questions on Mandatory HIV testing for migrant workers

11 April 2025
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth periodic reports of Mauritius, with Committee Experts commending the State on the Intercontinental Slavery Museum, while raising questions on mandatory HIV testing...
Botswana: New research shows healthcare worker face ethical challenges in the provision of healthcare to migrants
Source: Balekang, G.B., Galvin, T. & Rakgoasi, D.S. - BMC Med Ethics 26, 34 (2025)

Botswana: New research shows healthcare worker face ethical challenges in the provision of healthcare to migrants

14 March 2025
“No, it is not a breach of my oath because it is beyond my control; I use the policies that are in place.” Ethical challenges faced by healthcare workers in the provision of healthcare to cross-border migrants in Botswana Abstract...
Spain: Stigmatisation and bureaucratic barriers for LGBT migrants trying to exercise their right to health in Madrid.
Source: María García Arenales - Infobae

Spain: Stigmatisation and bureaucratic barriers for LGBT migrants trying to exercise their right to health in Madrid.

25 February 2025
Translated with Google translate. For original article in Spanish, please scroll down.  “I have been treated like garbage”: when discrimination against LGTBI migrants also creeps into health. The COGAM collective denounces the stigmatization and bureaucratic barriers that these people face...
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