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Recommendation on mobility, migration and access to healthcare

Document number
2908
Date
2012
Title
Recommendation on mobility, migration and access to healthcare
Author/publisher
Council of Europe
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations,
Keywords
Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour; Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism
Summary
On 16 November 2011, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted a key Recommendation to the Member States on mobility, migration and access to healthcare. The Committee calls for governments to provide migrants with adequate entitlements to health services and to pay special attention to the entitlement of irregular migrants. The ministers also state that no individuals or agencies responsible for healthcare should be required to inform the authorities, and health professionals providing services to irregular migrants should not be liable to prosecution.
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