The Medical Justice annual review and a discussion on deaths in immigration detention. Wednesday 5 September 2012, 6pm (doors open 5.30pm) Community Hall, Athlone Street, London NW5 4LL Speakers include: Emma Mlotshwa (Medical Justice Coordinator) on campaigning to prevent further injury and death Ex-detainee on the experience of being locked in when fellow detainees died Dr
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Inhuman responses to distressed children
A report on ‘apathetic children’ in Sweden is important for UK asylum campaigners for the light it sheds on a condition so far unrecognised here. This useful report from Sweden throws light on the authorities’ treatment of children in asylum-seeking families who have developed severe depressive devitalisation (‘apathetic children’). The children become extremely distressed and
Vigil for Philmore Mills
A vigil to mark the two-month anniversary of the death of Philmore Mills who died in Wexham Park hospital after being restrained by Thames Valley police. Friday 2 March 2012, 7-8.30pm Slough Police Station, Windsor Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 2HH Related links View a map Justice for Philmore Mills View the Facebook events listing Read
Access to healthcare for migrants
A conference to highlight experiences in providing migrant communities with health services. Friday 23 September 2011, 9.30-5pm Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX Speakers include: Dr Ike Anya – Consultant in Public Health Medicine Dr Yusef Azad – Director of Policy and Campaigns at the NAT Dr Kambiz Boomla – Clinical Senior Lecturer
Double standards in MLRs
The treatment by Home Office decision-makers and immigration judges of expert medical reports comes under scrutiny and is found wanting in a new report from Freedom from Torture. This report, Body of evidence: treatment of medico-legal reports for survivors of torture in the UK asylum tribunal, documents the common ways in which expert medical reports
Culture of abuse in treatment of HIV/Aids
Medical Justice, the charity that assists detainees access healthcare in detention, has once again published compelling research about the treatment of people within immigration removal centres. In its latest report, Detained and Denied: The clinical care of immigration detainees living with HIV, Medical Justice provides a thorough analysis of the inhuman way in which people
Access to health care – a right worth defending
We reproduce below an article* by leading health experts on the struggles that migrants have in accessing primary healthcare. Download the article here (pdf file, 284kb). Related links Download the article here (pdf file, 284kb) Migrants’ Rights Network Project London Doctors of the World Pierce Glynn solicitors
Asylum health project expands provision
The free healthcare advocacy programme, Project: London, is to open its doors one Saturday of every month to accommodate the rising numbers of users. Run by the charity Doctors of the World UK, Project: London has been working since 2006 with the aim of helping the most vulnerable get access to medical treatment and advice.
Government failing mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers
A new report has found that restrictive and contradictory government policies have severe implications for the mental health and well-being of refugees and asylum seekers. According to research conducted by Mind, the mental healthcare system in the UK is ‘regularly failing refugees and asylum seekers’ by not responding adequately to the numerous barriers that they
Health professionals speak out against detention of children
Every year hundreds of children in the UK are detained in immigration centres because their families face deportation, this policy is harmful and must change say medical experts. The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics, GPs and Psychiatrists say other countries have found alternatives to detention and want the British government to take a different approach to