Irregular Migrants and the Right to Health

Stefano Angeleri (Queen's University Belfast)

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Cambridge University Press
04 August 2022

Human rights; International human rights law; Human rights & civil liberties law; Epidemiology & medical statistics

In our globalised world, where inequality is deepening and migration movements are increasing, states continue to maintain strong regulatory control over immigration, health and social policies. Arguments based on state sovereignty can be employed to differentiate irregular migrants from other groups and reduce their right to physical and mental health to the provision of emergency medical care, even where resources are available. Drawing on the enabling and constraining factors of human rights law and public health, this book explores the scope and limits of the right to health of migrants in irregular situations, in international and European human rights law. Addressing these peoples' health solely with an exceptional medical paradigm is inconsistent with the special attention granted to people in vulnerable situations and non-discrimination in human rights, the emerging rights-based approach to disability, the social priorities of public health and the interdependence of human rights.

By: Stefano Angeleri (Queen's University Belfast)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781316511916
ISBN 10: 131651191X
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 04 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Sovereignty and the Human Rights of Irregular Migrants; 2. The Normative Contours of a Vulnerability- and Equity-Oriented Right to Health; 3. The Right to Health Care of Irregular Migrants: Between Primary Care and Emergency Treatment; 4. The Determinants of the Health of Irregular Migrants: Between Interrelatedness and Power; 5. Mental Health, Irregular Migration and Human Rights: Synergising Vulnerability- and Disability-Sensitive Approaches; Conclusions.

Dr Stefano Angeleri is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie scholar at Queen's University Belfast and Universidad del Rosario Bogotá. Formerly he researched and lectured at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway where he also acted as Irish project manager for the FRANET project funded by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

Reviews for Irregular Migrants and the Right to Health

'Trailblazers, such as the many experts cited in the text and civil society groups … who have for years promoted the imperative of ensuring access to social and economic (including health) rights for irregular migrants (and whose work is cited in the book), now have a rigorous academic study to add heft to the essential work they do.' Jacqueline Bhabha, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University