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What do undocumented migrants experience when they try to access healthcare? How do they navigate the (often contradictory) challenges presented by bureaucratic systems, financial pressures, attitudes to migrants, and their own healthcare needs?This urgent study uses a grounded theory approach to explore the ways in which undocumented migrants are included in or excluded from healthcare in a Swiss region. Marianne Jossen explores the ways migrants try to obtain healthcare on their own, with the help of NGOs or via insurance, and how they cope if they fail, whether by using risky strategies to access healthcare or leaving serious health issues untreated. Jossen shows that even for those who succeed, inclusion remains partial and fraught with risks.Based on interviews with migrants, health practitioners and NGO staff and using a rigorous academic approach, Undocumented Migrants and Healthcare is an important contribution to a vital contemporary issue. It is necessary reading for researchers in Public Health and Migration Studies, as well as government and non-governmental organisations in Switzerland and beyond. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with healthcare and migration in the twenty-first century.

undocumented migrants, healthcare, Switzerland, inclusion, non-governmental organisations, Public Health, Migration Studies

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This open access book provides an empirical account of the psychological and social experiences of 3500 African migrants to 6 European countries: Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, France, and the UK. It discusses the psychosocial motivations for migration from Africa, who migrates where, and stressful pre- and post-migration factors affecting the social and psychological wellbeing of migrants. The book also includes a detailed exploration of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) among African migrants. Addressing and offering solutions to pre- and post-migration problems in Africa and Europe as well as the problems associated with the perilous journeys involved, this unique study is a must-read for anyone interested in cross-cultural psychology and social science, and particularly in migration and mental health.

Cross Cultural Psychology --- Migration --- Development Studies --- Cross-Cultural Psychology --- Biotechnology --- African migration patterns --- trends in migrations --- theoretical approaches to migration --- migration and PTSS --- migration and PTSD --- migration to the EU --- social experiences of migrants --- varieties of migrants --- consequences of migration --- open access --- Social, group or collective psychology --- Migration, immigration & emigration --- Development studies

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This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the interplay between nationality and residence could lead to inequalities of access to welfare. Each chapter maps the eligibility conditions for accessing social benefits, by paying particular attention to the social entitlements that migrants can claim in host countries and/or export from home countries. The book also identifies and compares recent trends of access to welfare entitlements across five policy areas: health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.

Social Sciences, general --- Microeconomics --- Social Policy --- Sociology of Migration --- Open access --- Ethnic diversity --- Access of migrants and their offspring to welfare --- Social protection policies --- EU Member States --- Resident nationals --- Non-resident nationals --- Non-national residents --- Inequalities of access to welfare --- Social benefits --- Health care --- Unemployment --- Family benefits --- Pensions --- Guaranteed minimum resources --- Society & Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Political economy --- Social & ethical issues