Medical Justice Network - Migrant entitlements

Migrant entitlements

Written by Emma Ginn

Adopted on 18 December 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199

Written by Emma Ginn
ACCESS AND ENTITLEMENTS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Sue Willman, Pierce Glynn Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate to the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…’, Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, Article 25(1)
Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 August 2007 )
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Written by Emma Ginn
Detainee access to test results from Bedford Hospital Yarl's Wood removal centre management have specified - in total contradiction to statements by 7 detainees - that access to results of tests at Bedford hospital is facilitated, not obstructed, by escorts, Yarl's Wood staff and Yarl's Wood health centre. Please see the letter from Yarl's Wood management which you may be able to use in challenging any hindrance in a detainee gaining access to their test results.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 16 August 2007 )

Written by Emma Ginn
While you are in detention, you are entitled to receive proper medical care appropriate to your needs. The fact that you are detained does not deprive you of this important human right. Your medical care is the responsibility firstly of the Healthcare Centre Manager and then the Detention Centre Manager.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 19 August 2007 )
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Written by Emma Ginn

Sets out rights to Primary and Secondary Care at each stage of the asylum determination process