RECOGNISE RIGHTS, REALISE BENEFITS

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RECOGNISE RIGHTS, REALISE BENEFITS
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
What rights are there?

• Access to support
• Protection from deportation
• Access to healthcare

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Why the furore?

• The immigration system

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Protection from removal?

• ECHR basic protection
• Article 3
• Article 8

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to support

• Erosion of welfare rights
• Community care services
• Asylum seekers living with HIV
• Failed asylum seekers and children

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• The Regulations
• Charging
• Exemptions

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• But remember GPs
• Broad discretion
• Registering
• Immediately necessary treatment

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• On the horizon
• Health tourists
• New regulations?

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• The effect
• TB or not TB?
• Bills and Bailiffs
• Receptionist immigration officers?

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• Does it make sense?
• Combination therapy
• V
• Intensive care

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The effect of immigration policies on those
living with HIV
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years
Access to healthcare

• Solutions
• Recategorise HIV
• Race impact assessment
• And continue to lobby!

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RECOGNISE RIGHTS, REALISE BENEFITS
Joint Council for the Welfare of
ImmigrantsCampaigning for justice in immigration
asylum law policy for 38 years