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Agencies sign accord to improve access to HIV services for migrants

A new cooperation agreement has been signed by the UN agency dealing with HIV and AIDS, (UNAIDS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to improve access to HIV services for migrants. UNAIDS and IOM sign agreement The agreement seeks to

Published
21 January 2011
From
United Nations Radio
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
Immigration and asylum policy in the UK: the Coalition Government’s plans

A briefing paper summarized recent government statements about its intentions for immigration and asylum policy, and specific changes that it had already introduced. Many of the government's proposals (particularly those aimed at minimizing abuse) are in a similar vein to measures adopted by Labour in the run-up to the 2010 general election: those on numerical limits for economic migrants, and for a border police force, are notable differences.

Published
20 January 2011
From
House of Commons Library briefing paper
UK health services
UK: Access to Primary Health Care for migrants is a right worth defending

As the NHS faces up to the realities of the Government cuts, calls to restrict further migrants’ access to free NHS services, are growing. This is not something new, but the evidence suggests that excluding migrants would actually increase costs, leave all of us at greater risk of ill health, and undermine the integrity of the NHS.

Published
17 January 2011
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
A cashless life for UK asylum seekers

Campaign and support groups are stepping up their lobbying against the Azure card - a cashless payment system for asylum seekers - which leaves thousands in extreme poverty.

Published
23 December 2010
From
Institute of Race Relations
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
Immigration lawyers set out arguments against UK legal aid cuts

Under the proposals there will be no more Legal Aid for immigration cases (other than asylum, getting people out of detention and national security cases). This means no Legal Aid for people seeking leave to remain for health related reasons, no matter how poor they are.

Published
16 December 2010
From
Institute of Race Relations
Social and legal issues
Overseas Filipino workers in the UK raise concern over HIV test and criminalisation

Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Kingdom have differing opinions on a mandatory HIV/AIDS test the government may consider as a requirement for every Filipino planning to work abroad.

Published
11 December 2010
From
ABS CBN News
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
UNDP report: Grim prospects for departed HIV positive migrants in South Asia

The United Nations Development Programme today launched a report that for the first time examines the linkages between migration and HIV in South Asia. The publication illustrates a general absence of support services and treatment for HIV for migrants in all South Asian countries, and points to large gaps in the HIV response. 

Published
30 November 2010
From
UNDP
Health services and systems
European Parliament approves cross-border health care rules

The European Parliament's public health committee voted Wednesday (27 October) in favour of rules that could pave the way for Europeans to get medical treatment anywhere in the Union.

Published
28 October 2010
From
EurActiv.com
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
AFRICA/US: Standing up for HIV-positive immigrants

A new campaign aims to beat stigma and discrimination against HIV-positive Africans in New York by urging the wider population to show solidarity with them.

Published
13 October 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
UK Home Office bids to restrict jobs for asylum seekers

Home Office ministers are trying to thwart the impact of a supreme court ruling lifting a work ban on 45,000 asylum seekers by severely restricting the jobs they can apply for.

Published
29 July 2010
From
The Guardian
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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