Healthcare in Denmark

last update: January 2012

Access to health care is very limited and usually takes place in healthcenters in the asylumcamps.

Adults
As an adult asylumseeker you only have the right to get immediate/emergent health care, which is a basic right.
For adult undocumented migrants and people who stay underground or have got a rejection in their asylum case, access to healthcare and other public goods is limited and you only have the right to get the immediate health care. Furthermore doctors are not supposed to report to the police that you are undocumented, but some might do this.
You can go to an emergency room and try to get the needed healthcare, but you must know that there is a risk, that the personnel there will report you to the  police.

All children, including Asylum-seeking children by principle has the same rights to health care as other children in Denmark. However, the authorities have to allow the needed health care, when it is more than just basic health care. The authorities will not always grant it. It is usually the Red Cross in the camps that will ask the authorities to grant the needed health care.

To sum up, then remember, that you have the right to immediate healthcare, but if you are underground, there is always a risk, that the personnel on a hospital will report you to the police.

Clinics and places for advice:

There is a newly opened health clinic for undocumented migrants in Copenhagen. It is run by the Red Cross, The Danish refugee council and the Danish Medical Association.
The address of the clinic is:
Rewentlowsgade 10, 1651 København V

The Trampoline House also provides advice on medical issues, this is usually on wednesdays from 4-6 pm. The adress of the Trampoline house is:
Skyttegade 3, 2200 København N