Restricted health care entitlements for child migrants in Europe and Australia

L Stubbe Østergaard; M Norredam; C Mock-Munoz De Luna; M Blair; S Goldfeld; A Hjern

Journal article

Restricted health care entitlements for child migrants in Europe and Australia

L Stubbe Østergaard, M Norredam, C Mock-Munoz De Luna, M Blair, S Goldfeld, A Hjern

European Journal of Public Health | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx083

Abstract

Background More than 300 000 asylum seeking children were registered in Europe alone during 2015. In this study, we examined entitlements for health care for these and other migrant children in Europe and Australia in a framework based on United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Methods Survey to child health professionals, NGO's and European Ombudspersons for Children in 30 EU/EEA countries and Australia, supplemented by desktop research of official documents. Migrant children were categorised as asylum seekers and irregular/undocumented migrants. Results Five countries (France, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Spain) explicitly entitle all migrant children, irrespective of ..

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Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Funding Acknowledgements

The European part of this study was funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 program. The Australian participation was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC #1101321). S.G. is supported by a NHMRC Career Development Award (1082922).