Sweden - 2012
Differential access to social protection system and benefits - Do some or more categories of migrants minorities or stateless/non-citizens face limitations and restrictions?
- Code:
- RED91
- Key Area:
- Health And Social Protection
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination, Equality
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
In May 2011, an investigation report Vård efter behov och på lika villkor – en mänsklig rättighet SOU 2011:48 was submitted to the Government. The aim of the inquiry was to propose regulation regarding health care, including dental care, to be offered to asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in Sweden. [1] The number of undocumented migrants in the country is estimated to be between 10,000and 35,000 people.[2]
Although the Inquiry proposed that asylum seekers and undocumented patients should have access to health care as the permanent residents, there is still a lot of confusion regarding the existing regulations. Recently it was reported that a hospital in central Sweden refused to perform an operation on a 16-year-old unaccompanied refugee boy because the doctor didn't think the Swedish Migration Board would pay for the procedure. Mölndal municipality, where the 16-year-old first came when he first arrived in Sweden, has reported the hospital to the National Board of Health and Welfare [3] [1] Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Dir. 2010:7), http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/12483/a/138677 [2] Vård efter behov och på lika villkor– en mänsklig rättighet (SOU 2011:48), http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/16/98/15/1ce2f996.pdf [3] The Local, http://www.thelocal.se/30394/20101124/ |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Refugees, Asylum seekers |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Health and social protection |
| External Url | http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/16/98/15/1ce2f996.pdf |
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