Discrimination, denial, and deportation
Subtitle: human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV
By: Human Rights Watch ; [written by Katherine Wiltenburg Todrys and Joseph Amon]
Contributors: Amon, Joseph; Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
ISBN-13: 9781564324900
Subjects: Immigrants; Civil rights; Law and legislation; HIV-positive persons; Discrimination in medical care; Legal status, laws; Medical care; Right to health
Other titles: Human rights abuses affecting migrants living with HIV
Description: 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.
Notes: "June 2009" -- Table of contents page.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 21-25).