Irregular Migrants and the Right to Health

States maintain strong regulatory control over immigration, health, and social policies, arguing that irregular migrants have fewer rights to physical and mental health care. This book explores the scope and limits of the right to health of migrants in irregular situations, highlighting the inconsistency with human rights, disability, public health, and interdependence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 326 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

In our increasingly interconnected world, where inequality is on the rise and migration movements are burgeoning, states persist in exerting robust regulatory authority over immigration, health, and social policies. Arguments rooted in state sovereignty can be used to distinguish irregular migrants from other groups and limit their access to physical and mental health care, even when resources are available. By examining the enabling and constraining factors of human rights law and public health, this book delves into the scope and boundaries of the right to health for migrants in irregular situations, as well as in international and European human rights law. It challenges the notion of addressing these peoples' health solely through an exceptional medical paradigm, which contradicts the special consideration given to vulnerable individuals, the principles of non-discrimination in human rights, the emerging rights-based approach to disability, the social priorities of public health, and the interconnectedness of human rights.

Weight: 488g
Dimension: 151 x 229 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009054805