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Health, Migration and Return
Peter J. Van . Ed(S): Krieken
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Description for Health, Migration and Return
Hardback. Analyses the intricate relationship between health, migration and return from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Krieken, Peter J. van. Num Pages: 437 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LBBS; LNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 86.
The North is being increasingly confronted with a new phenomenon of migration: the so-called 'health tourism' of irregular migrants. One can already recognize a tendency among would-be migrants who either overstay their visas, or arrive under the pretext of being asylum-seekers, to come to the North with the intention of receiving medical treatment, in particular complicated surgery or other expensive forms of treatment, which they cannot get in their countries of origin, certainly not free of charge. Moreover, many others use 'illness' as a pretext or a reason for not being returned, or to obtain leave of stay. In this ... Read more
The North is being increasingly confronted with a new phenomenon of migration: the so-called 'health tourism' of irregular migrants. One can already recognize a tendency among would-be migrants who either overstay their visas, or arrive under the pretext of being asylum-seekers, to come to the North with the intention of receiving medical treatment, in particular complicated surgery or other expensive forms of treatment, which they cannot get in their countries of origin, certainly not free of charge. Moreover, many others use 'illness' as a pretext or a reason for not being returned, or to obtain leave of stay. In this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press Netherlands
Number of pages
437
Condition
New
Number of Pages
437
Place of Publication
The Hague, Netherlands
ISBN
9789067041287
SKU
V9789067041287
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Peter J. Van . Ed(S): Krieken
Dr Peter van Krieken lectures in international law and human rights at Webster University (Leiden and St Louis) and serves as a special advisor in international affairs with the Netherlands Ministry of Justice/IND.
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