Immigration and the Right to Health

What are the Issues?

• 86% lower per capita
• 3 times higher emergency
• 1.5% of medical costs
• 45% less likely to immunize
• Health outcomes?
• Lack of data

Why Is This Happening?

• Fear
• Uncertainty in systems
• AAAQ failures

Human Rights Violations

• Right to Health (Standard of Living)
• Right to Housing (Standard of Living)
• Right to Privacy
• Right to Share in the Community

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Human Rights Violations Have Health Impacts.

Jonathan Mann

States are under the obligation to respect the right to health by,

inter alia, refraining from denying or limiting equal access for all persons, including

prisoners or detainees, minorities, asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants, to

preventive, curative and palliative health services

General Comment14

• Availability
• Acceptability
• Accessibility
• Quality

General Comment 14

• Improved maternal health
• Safe work environments
• Housing & living conditions
• Provision of education

Questions?