Discrimination, denial, and deportation : human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV / Human Rights Watch ; [written by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph Amon].
2009
K3575.A43 T63 2009 (Mapit)
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Discrimination, denial, and deportation : human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV / Human Rights Watch ; [written by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph Amon].
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Amon, Joseph.
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Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Imprint
New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
25 pages ; 26 cm
Summary
Hundreds of millions of people cross borders annually, traveling and migrating for work or school, for family reasons, or to flee persecution or natural disasters. Migrants often face discrimination, language and cultural barriers, and other obstacles to health care, but those who are living with HIV face even greater problems: they can be denied legal entry, turned away from care, and deported because of their infection. Discrimination, Denial, and Deportation: Human Rights Abuses Affecting Migrants Living with HIV identifies how violations of international law threaten both the lives of HIV-positive migrants and their families, and the goals of universal access to prevention and treatment that governments have pledged. Governments worldwide should immediately eliminate HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence, and remove discriminatory barriers to access to HIV prevention and treatment services for internal and international migrants. Individuals in detention awaiting deportation need to be provided with access to care and treatment. Governments must ensure that individuals previously receiving antiretroviral therapy are able to maintain access to treatment in detention and take steps to facilitate continuity of treatment upon deportation.
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"June 2009" -- Table of contents page.
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Includes bibliographical references ( pages 21-25).
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STA
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Human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV.
Call Number
K3575.A43 T63 2009
Language
English
ISBN
1564324907
9781564324900
9781564324900
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