Medical Assistance for Migrants without health insurance

France > Medical Assistance

In France asylum seekers in normal procedure have full right to social care. People without legal papers have the right to get free medical assistance through the free medical centre (PASS) and the emergency service of the hospital.

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Germany > Medical Assistance

Undocumented migrants are excluded from the regular health system in Germany. Medical Aid Groups for Refugees offer practical medical assistance for refugees and migrants:
- who are afraid of visiting a doctor's practice because they don't have residency status or papers,
- whom, despite of owning valid papers, ‚Sozialamt’ refuses to cover the costs of health care,
- who, through the experience of torture, war or exile, need psychological support.

Greece > Medical Assistance

Asylum seekers have free access to medical care in Greek public hospitals. Everybody has to pay 5 Euros to see a doctor. With the "white paper" you can only access public hospitals in emergency cases. Otherwise you have to visit NGO run polyclinics (PRAKSIS, Doctors of the World) which have doctors or might arrange for you to visit a public hospital in difficult cases.

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Netherlands

Medical care is considered a human rights. All normal health care is accessible for undocumented migrants. The costs are covered by the CVZ (www.cvz.nl) if the client cannot pay by himself. You can go to any family doctor for this, but for pharmacies and hospitals the family doctor has to refer you to registered ones that are on the list of the CVZ. Only for urgent health care you can go to the nearby hospital. Dental care for people of 22 or above is unfortunately excluded from this system.

Sweden

Turkey > Medical Assistance

Generally, there is no financial help for health care and you are only allowed to seek treatment in the city you were assigned to. You can try to apply to the “Valilik” (regional governor), but it depends on where you are, and they don’t provide help to everyone. Some cities like Agri are known to be better than other cities e.g. Van. If you have no papers, it is also difficult to get treatment.

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