Book chapter
No Healing Here: Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa
07 Dec 2009
Abstract
This report describes how harassment, lack of documentation, and the credible fear of deportation prevent many newcomers from seeking medical treatment even though South African law and policy state that asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants have a right to care. Those who do seek treatment are often mistreated and verbally abused by health care workers and denied care or charged unlawful fees. Tables, Appendixes.
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- Title
- No Healing Here: Violence, Discrimination and Barriers to Health for Migrants in South Africa
- Creators
- Rebecca ShaefferJoseph AmonRebecca Schleifer
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Identifiers
- 991021895676704721