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SUMMARY:Healthcare in transit: Quantifying the health needs of migrants across the Limpopo
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in late 2019\, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in partnership with the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS)\, conducted over 1\,375 detailed interviews with migrants and asylum-seekers across Beitbridge and Musina\, documenting the health challenges they faced. Participants included: \n\nZimbabwean deportees coming through Beitbridge Reception\,\nmigrants and asylum seekers of several nationalities staying in Musina\,\nMalawians using Beitbridge as a waiting area\,\nthe cross-border population living in rural Beitbridge\, and\ndifferent groups heading to South Africa via Beitbridge crossing points.\n\nThe results of that survey show that the significant waiting period for asylum-seeker application outcomes often exacerbates health challenges that migrants experience. While the report does not point to an acute health crisis at the border\, it outlines the risks of the current process\, which often requires migrants and asylum-seekers to travel from the rest of the country to Musina\, as their office of first application\, in order to renew their permits. \nMany of those whose papers expire before they are able to renew them must endure inhumane and often illegal conditions of arrest and detention prior to deportation\, heightening the risks of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic. \nImplications of the report – beyond addressing medical needs – extend to the need for a more considered approach to migration policy\, one that acknowledges the reality of migration while promoting wider public health imperatives. MSF and ACMS\, in collaboration with the Migration & Coronavirus in Southern Africa Coordination Group (MiCoSA)\, will be hosting a discussion on the project findings and their implications\, including what this may mean in the context of Covid-19. Discussants include: \n\nVinayak Bhardwaj\, Regional Migration Referent – Southern Africa\, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)\nFaith Ngari\, Future Families\, Musina\nDostin Lakika (PhD)\, field researcher & ACMS graduate\nAurelie Ponthieu\, International Migration Coordinator\, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)\, Brussels\n\nFacilitator: Jo Vearey\, ACMS\, Wits \nDate: Wednesday 17th March \nTime: 1 – 2.30pm SAST \nRegistration Link: https://wits za.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpcOGrrTojGNSYGZtW2d7ct6CwU81b8rgO[higgs_space space=”pb-marg-b-45″][higgs_logos logos=”%5B%7B%22image%22%3A%228433%22%7D%5D”]
URL:https://migration.org.za/acms-event/healthcare-in-transit-quantifying-the-health-needs-of-migrants-across-the-limpopo/
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