Health does not have a passport! Doctors will be able to report illegal immigrants to the Italian government, under legislation recently approved by the Senate or upper house of parliament.
EAPN Italy, together with other major NGOs – among which, Doctors without borders Italy, CNCA, FISH, Emmaus, Movimento Federalista Europeo – supports the petition by Cittadinanzattiva that strongly calls on the Parliament to withdraw such a barbarous legislation that will drive away from the national health service those who have no other hope of medical attention.
Health does not have a passport! Doctors will be able to report illegal immigrants to the Italian government, under legislation recently approved by the Senate or upper house of parliament. EAPN Italy, together with other major NGOs – among which, Doctors without borders Italy, CNCA, FISH, Emmaus, Movimento Federalista Europeo – supports the petition by Cittadinanzattiva that strongly calls on the Parliament to withdraw such a barbarous legislation that will drive away from the national health service those who have no other hope of medical attention.
The approved text denies the right to health that according to the Italian Constitution must be ensured to everyone, notwithstanding his/her status; forces the health services to take up duties that belong to the police force; calls on doctors to infringe the secrecy clause; creates a “shadow and illegal health system” for illegal immigrants; puts at risk the health of illegal immigrants and other citizens as well.
Initiatives on this issue are taking place throughout the country, often with the support of the Doctors’ Associations.
