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@kaydemoda
We're sorry your family has been put in this terrible situation. NHS trusts often misapply the (highly unfair) NHS Charging Regulations. If you'd like to DM us, our Hospital Access Project team would be happy to take a look at the case. Take care
@kaydemoda
💙
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Latest advice - We've translated
#NHS
updated guidelines + resources on to how to stay safe from
#COVID19
#COVID_19uk
#Coronavirus
Available now in English, Albanian, Dari, French, Pashto, Portuguese, Bengali, Vietnamese, Kurdish Sorani
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🚨A mental health crisis is unfolding at the UK mass asylum camp in Wethersfield, Essex.
Refugees should NOT have to survive another crisis. We are asking
@ukhomeoffice
to
#CloseTheCamps
🧵
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TODAY we take the battle to Westminster by parodying
@theresa_may
‘Go Home' vans. We’ll be outside the
@ukhomeoffice
demanding the
#HostileEnvironment
is kicked out of our
#NHS
. READ our press release: . SIGN
#StopSharing
petition:
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A year ago, Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free.
The heroes are the medics who are still there rebuilding the devastated healthcare system.
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Independent Chief Inspector of Borders & Immigration scrutinises Home Office's immigration and asylum work. He recently inspected asylum containment sites.
Sacking him with no replacement leaves a major oversite gap. Who will hold
@ukhomeoffice
to account?
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Breaking news: Doctors of the World UK is today intervening in an important case at the High Court, on denying healthcare to people living in the UK without immigration status.
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Please share 💙 Join medical professionals, human rights campaigners, and health exclusion survivors, in defending the right to health for ALL, and protecting people against the gov’s
#IllegalMigrationBill
.
#CommunitiesNotCamps
#StopTheBill
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The delicious irony - the Defend Europe boat has been stopped en route for not having the right papers.
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Launching: unique
#Christmas
cards look beyond the nativity to the realities of the Middle East today.
#RealityXmas
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This year 70,000 docs + patients signed our petition to
#StopSharing
patient information w/ the
@ukhomeoffice
. In May, the deal was suspended. TODAY news the deal will be WITHDRAWN after legal action by
@libertyhq
and
@migrants_rights
Read our statement:
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How many more people will have to suffer and die because of this unethical, immoral, senseless laws? Our patient, an elderly woman suffering from 2 forms of cancer had vital
#NHS
treatment delayed for months because she couldn’t pay £150,000 upfront 1/14
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“The UK has 10 indigenous languages incl sign languages, and many more spoken in communities. From a public health view, it is pointless producing info in just one language when 1/3rd speak another and many as a first language”
@DoctorChrisVT
talked to BBC about our work 🙏🏼💙
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Today marks 42 days w/ no new
#Ebola
cases in
#SierraLeone
. The country has just been declared
#Ebola
-free by
@WHO
!
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Did you know everyone in England is entitled to register with a GP, regardless of immigration status?
With
#VCSE
partners and
@NHSEngland
, we want to empower patients with new GP access cards, which can be printed or downloaded.
🔗
Check it out 👇
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Shakir is a Pakistani nurse, living in Calais. He provides medical care to other refugees. We think he's great
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These incredibly moving photos of the refugee crisis won the Pulitzer Prize yesterday.
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Solidarity with healthcare workers who are handing back medals awarded to them for their Ebola epidemic work to protest
#HostileEnvironment
rules against migrant patients
#medals4migranthealth
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Is
#coronavirus
advice available in your language? How do you say
#StayHome
,
#StaySafe
#COVID19
in
Shqip, اللغة العربية ՀԱՅԵՐԵՆ, বাংলা, 繁體中文, or EΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ?
Or Français, Italiano + Yiddish?
@DoctorChrisVT
and 2yo Lyra tell us how, in 44 languages
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We are disappointed at the High Court ruling on the lawfulness of the UK-Rwanda deal.
We unequivocally oppose the policy to expel people seeking sanctuary from the UK on medical, ethical and humanitarian grounds, and will continue to fight for a fair and safe asylum system.
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Here are the shocking living conditions at Greece's Moria refugee camp, where we're working. Europe must help Greece by taking more refugees
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We stand with
@sarahwollaston
&
@CommonsHealth
condemning
@NHSDigital
for sharing
#NHS
patient home addresses with the
@ukhomeoffice
to track down migrants. SIGN our
#StopSharing
petition today keep the Home Office OUT of the NHS:
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Over the past month, Syria and Russia have bombed 25 medical facilities in
#Syria
.
What is happening cannot be tolerated. We stand in solidarity with the Syrian people, health workers, and the
@TheSyriaCmpgn
.
#NotATarget
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We are very concerned that vulnerable migrants, people who are homeless and some sex workers who will be furthest from the Covid-19 response.
We’ve kept our advice line open, to be there for those who need us during this unprecedented period.
1/6 – a thread
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We spoke with the
@MayorofLondon
today about
#SafeSurgeries
. He is concerned that young Londoners without citizenship aren’t registered with a
#GP
. Let’s ensure everyone can access primary care
#HealthCareForAll
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👏👏 Thank you to
@CarolineLucas
&
@JonAshworth
for calling Government to improve the
#Covid19
public campaign about including guidance translated in multiple languages.
@HouseOfCommons
the
#CoronavirusBillUK
#NHS
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"Today’s decision marks a victory for doctors, patients and everyone who has fought for access to healthcare for the most vulnerable in our society",
@timdudderidge
reflects on today's pledge and what it means for patients
#StopSharing
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ICYMI - 23 languages now updated
All
#NHS
#Coronavirus
Guidelines (16 March) here:
English
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Bengali
Dari
Farsi
French
Hindi
Kurdish Sorani
Malayalam
Portuguese
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Turkish
Pashto
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Somali
Tigrinya
Urdu
Vietnamese
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🇺🇦 Ukrainians have been faced with loss and displacement, economic hardship and constant air raids. The toll on both their physical and mental health is profound.
As the war now stretches into its third year, we will continue to be there for people
#AsLongAsItTakes
.
#UkraineWar
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SIGN THE PETITION telling the
@ukhomeoffice
&
@NHSDigital
to
#stopsharing
NHS patients' info to track down migrants:
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Thread - LATEST
#NHS
#Coronavirus
Guidelines (16th March update) – updated and new languages
Batch 1 - English, Albanian, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish
Find them here:
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In the UK, a pregnant woman can’t see a GP, one with a lump in her breast can’t have a mammogram, a terminally ill man refused palliative care. Dehumanising migrants dehumanises us all.
Lucy, Director of Programmes, on
@BMJ_latest
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💙 Hold your loved ones a little closer. 💙
Thank you for the kind messages we receive and all your support.
📷 © Mohammed Al Masri
Image description: Injured people are treated at Al Aqsa hospital after an Israeli attack.
#ValentinesDay
#DoctorsoftheWorld
#MedecinsduMonde
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Translated NHS Guidelines on Coronavirus
in 31 languages
To be shared widely
Find them all here:
NEW: Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Punjabi, Sindi, Slovak
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Lots of people have got in touch asking if we have patient information for newly arrived Afghans, so we have created a thread on the resources we have currently available in Pashto and Dari - the official Afghan languages - as well as Farsi and Urdu ⬇️
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🔴 To save lives and put a stop to this humanitarian catastrophe, Doctors of the World, with 630 organisations, are calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel.
✍️ Join 700,000+ people in demanding a
#CeaseFireNOW
! Sign the petition in the comments.
#NotATarget
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This is big.
@RCPLondon
@RCPCHtweets
@RCObsGyn
@FPH
have added their voices to calls to scrap NHS charges, citing Doctors of the World research. Well done to all the docs and others who’ve worked to make this happen
@medact
@Rob_Verrecchia
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Every woman should be able to choose if and when she has a baby. We’ve just launched a
#familyplanning
service in London for
#migrants
and
#refugees
.
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Wondering how you can help migrants in
#Calais
? As the only charity providing medical help there, here's how, donate:
http://t.co/Evt5gGRtiP
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TWITTER TAKEOVER!
Hi, I’m
@NikkiKF
, a GP & NHS England’s Director of Primary Care. 👋
I can't wait to take you on my virtual
@LondonMarathon
! Over the next 3 days, I'll be sharing regular updates as I walk 60 miles from London to Newbury.
Keep reading to see my route! 🗺
#VLM
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Twitter take over! My name is Oscar, I’m a volunteer for
@DOTW_UK
, and today I’m reporting from our clinic in East London. I’ll be shadowing a clinic worker and reporting on some of the cases we see, hopefully giving you an idea of what an average day here looks like. Stay tuned.
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We're the chosen charity for this year's
@bmj_latest
Christmas appeal! Find out more about our work and donate now.
#BMJXmas
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It's time to put our
#HandsUp4OurHealth
! ✋
We've joined with
@FPH
&
@MIGHCommission
to launch a coalition campaign calling for universal & equitable access to NHS services as we face the greatest public health challenge in recent history:
#COVID19
.
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We believe in
#HealthForAll
and that is why we run the
#SafeSurgeries
initiative across England.
A Safe Surgery is a GP surgery that follows the NHS guidance that no one should have to present ID or have an address to access primary care.
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Volunteer Translators Needed
Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil
Any other languages people would like to offer would be great
DM or email info
@doctorsoftheworld
.org.uk
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Moments ago the govt announced
@DHSCgovuk
&
@NHSDigital
will
#StopSharing
patient records w/Home Office for immigration enforcement. A huge victory for patients, docs & everyone who demanded the Home Office get out of
#ourNHS
.
@NAT_AIDS_Trust
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The awful news coming from
#Afghanistan
has shone a light on what people fleeing from humanitarian horror face. Without time to gather passports and ID, and no option to apply for a visa, people are left to make their way to safety with nothing beyond the clothes they’re wearing.
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The Inhumane Migration Act is
#NotInOurName
Today, Parliament comes back from recess. Join the movement against the inhumane Illegal Migration Act. The government’s cruel new law removes protection from people fleeing danger like war and persecution.
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Good evening!
Tonight Dominic and Durga from DOTW are in London providing outreach healthcare to people who are experiencing homelessness on the streets.
We hope you can follow this thread tonight to gain a bit of insight into the work we do week in, week out.
#DOTWOutreach
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Dear members of the
#HouseOfLords
📣
4 people with experience of the asylum ‘hotels’, detention + mass accommodation centres, have written to the Lords as they scrutinise the
#IllegalMigrationBill
.
Please share their message.
#RefugeeWeek
#StopTheBill
#AntiRefugeeBill
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We won’t turn a blind eye to Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s cruelty, or our backs on people seeking safety. ❌This Bill is unworkable and one more wasted opportunity to create safe routes and a more compassionate asylum system.
#TogetherWithRefugees
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Want to get into the
#FridayFeeling
? Help us celebrate DOTW doubling our mobile clinic fleet! 🚑🎉
We recently took delivery of a custom-built mobile doctor's clinic from
@StanfordLTD
. Here’s a sneak peek 👇
Having 2 mobile clinics will help us reach even more people in need.
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We are concerned by reports of a
#COVID19
outbreak at the Napier barracks & what impact this quarantine will have on asylum seekers' health.
We have repeatedly warned ministers about the risks & unsuitability of the barracks. It's time to shut them down.
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🗣️ NEW LANGUAGES!
Our
#coronavirus
vaccine guidance is now available in:
#Amharic
#French
#Indonesian
#Malayalam
#Polish
#Portuguese
#Spanish
#Romanian
#Turkish
#Twi
#Urdu
Download here 👉
RT to ensure everyone can access essential
#COVID19vaccine
info.
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As we enter
#lockdown2uk
, it's vital everyone in the UK can access health information in their own language.
With our partners, we've produced a range of translated resources, which are free to download in up to 61 languages.
Please RT to save lives:
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Napier barracks didn't meet “acceptable standards for accommodation” 7 years ago.
So why are they housing asylum seekers, who are among the world's most vulnerable people with complex health needs?
RT to tell
@pritipatel
to
#CloseTheBarracks
.
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Today we've written to
@pritipatel
@MattHancock
with
@HelenBamber
@FreefromTorture
@FPH
@rcpsych
to express concern about the use of Ministry of Defence sites as asylum accommodation and to call for their immediate closure.
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Breaking News: we are delighted that Nasar Ullah Khan’s wife and two children have just arrived in the UK, having been granted a visa to visit him.
Khan is terminally ill and is thought to have a short time left to live.
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A deeply unfair proposal
🏥Immigration Health Surcharge makes pple on a visa to “pay twice” for the NHS. They already contribute to the NHS in the same way British citizens - through tax and NI
💵Visa fees and the Surcharge are already extortionate and drive pple into poverty
How are the govt going to fund paying public sector workers more?
'The fee for migrants applying for visas and accessing the NHS will go up - that will raise over £1bn,' Rishi Sunak explains.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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'GPs and receptionists should not need to ask about a patient’s immigration status... Most people do not know that everyone is eligible for free primary care.'
Read about the challenges faced by
#GP
practices when offering equitable care
#SafeSurgeries
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Our Greek medics are real heroes. Let's honour their compassion with the
#NobelPeacePrize
. Sign & RT:
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We must act now 👊
Excluded groups like sex workers & asylum seekers have been left behind in the
#Covid19UK
response.
Our Rapid Needs Assessment reveals the devastating impact the pandemic is having on the most vulnerable & the urgent action needed 👉
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Over the 13 years we've been running services, we just haven't seen evidence of health tourism.
What we have seen, and too often, is people who live in the UK too scared to see a doctor at all
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Doctors of the World has been working in eastern regions of Ukraine since the start of hostilities in 2014.
We are still there.
We will not abandon the people of Ukraine in their hour of need.
Please support our Ukraine emergency appeal 🇺🇦
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Here's the latest on the
#barracks
:
The High Court has heard
@ukhomeoffice
ignored advice from Public Health England that housing asylum seekers in dormitories in army barracks was inappropriate in a pandemic, months before an outbreak of
#COVID19
.
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This brilliant campaign helps us think differently about what we see at
#Christmas
, and how it affects society all year.
#StopFundingHate
We’re brandjamming the John Lewis Christmas ad! Please share & urge
@JohnLewisretail
&
@Waitrose
to
#StopFundingHate
#bustertheboxer
784
22K
15K
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BREAKING Chief Inspector
#Borders
and
#Immigration
report reveals Operation DINTEL– secret Home Office operation using NHS data on patient debt to track down asylum seekers and migrants at their home address and arrest them
#StopSharing
#HostileEnviroment
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If the govt is serious about beating
#Covid_19
, it must translate the latest guidance into a wide range of languages.
It's vital everyone can understand the new restrictions - incl. the millions of people whose main language isn't English.
#covidbriefing
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This! So glad the question was asked but disappointed with the response. Suspending charging regulations will help save lives.
Appalling. Robert Jenrick is asked why the government hasn’t suspended NHS immigration checks - when they know migrants are dying because they’re too scared to seek medical help.
He dodges the question. Immigration enforcement needs to be suspended now.
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Here's our response to today's shocking reports that
#NHS
patients' data is shared with
@ukhomeoffice
as part of an immigration crackdown:
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📢 New translated
#COVID19
vaccine guidance 📢
@DOTW_UK
and
@BritishRedCross
are excited to launch new
#coronavirus
vaccine guidance in English and 19 other languages.
RT to ensure everyone in the UK can access essential information on the
#vaccines
!
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Her care should never have been withheld. Safeguards are meant to protect patients in need of urgent and immediate care from having their treatment delayed. But once more,
#NHS
charging laws smothered all safeguards and caused serious harm to a patient. 3/14
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We agree and stand with you in defiance against all attacks on healthcare workers & facilities wherever they occur.
Attacks on hospitals are unacceptable.
@UN
Security Council (
#UNSC
) must reaffirm that hospitals are
#NotATarget
.
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Migrants with no recourse to public funds were already found it tough before
#COVID19
.
Our Rapid Needs Assessment shows the pandemic has plunged them into further poverty & destitution.
That's why we're calling on the PM to
#scrapNRPF
. Will you join us?
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'The medics who treated me as a child refugee inspired me to become a doctor'
What an incredible piece of writing, and what an incredible story, from
@DrWaheedArian
in the Metro today.
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Today is
#WorldHealthDay
and we're joining the call for
#HealthForAll
because at least half of the world’s population is currently unable to obtain essential health services.
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For several months,
@durgasiva9
has been based at a London hotel being used as short-term housing for asylum seekers, working in collaboration with the local health commissioner to ensure that people housed there have good access to healthcare.
She has some good news to share...
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NHS Guidelines translated on
#coronavirus
Information now includes lockdown guidelines: English, Amharic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, French, Simplified Chinese, Greek, Gurjarati, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Portuguese, Sindhi, Spanish, Turkish
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We support the doctors, nurses and healthcare workers taking a stand against
#hostileenvironment
rules stopping migrant patients from accessing NHS care by handing back medals awarded for their work against Ebola.
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We are deeply disappointed that MPs last night voted for profound harm to the health and wellbeing of people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Read our full statement:
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Great BMJ piece on why
#NHS
staff shd never have to do
@ukhomeoffice
's dirty work. Sign
#StopSharing
petition today:
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That’s the amount of
#migrants
who died at sea this year after fleeing conflict & poverty
#MigrantCrisis
http://t.co/SWs7cd3yN9
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Asylum seekers' inability to work is endangering lives.
Our report
#AnUnsafeDistance
shows asylum seekers can't afford phone credit, WIFI or tech to access health services &
#COVID19
advice online.
We must
#LiftTheBan
to ensure lack of employment is not a barrier to healthcare.
Giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, particularly in a pandemic. We don't think there's any question about that.
But as they're still being denied it, there will be a debate in Parliament today in which the case to
#LiftTheBan
will be made.
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Coming soon: Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, Farsi
To be added in next hour!
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Proud signatory of this open letter calling for a compassionate and effective system for people seeking asylum in the UK.
@IMIX_UK
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"It is essential to defend our health service as free at the point of care. To do so requires us to challenge the anti-migrant narrative... uphold the right to health for all & safeguard universal access within the
#NHS
" GP champion
@lu_hiam
in
@bmj_latest
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1/ 📢OUT TODAY!!
Our new report shows migrant women are 4 times more likely to access ANC late than women in the UK overall.
🫃🏾👩🏾🍼🤰🏾🤱🏾👨🏾🍼🫄🏾🧑🏾🍼
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We'll be at
@womensmarchlon
tomorrow, adding our voice to the call that all people are equal! Here's our video msg of support
#womensmarch
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"What we're trying to do is restore some lost smiles, support their resilience and make people happy and healthy." - Alaa Alkhatib, our field coordinator in
#Gaza
💙
#CeaseFireNOW
#Rafah
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Do you have questions about
#COVID19
's impact on refugees & how you can help?
During
#RefugeeWeek2020
, we will host a Q&A with the 3 public health doctors who co-wrote our report
#AnUnsafeDistance
.
Reply below with your questions & they will respond on Jun 18 @ 1pm BST 👇
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