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Healthcare Denied: How Clinic Staff Turn Away Undocumented Migrants Despite Constitutional Rights

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Healthcare of Undocumented Migrants  Constitutional Rights Opening: a real case and a stark statistic In 2023, a young Zimbabwean mother in a peri-urban township in Gauteng arrived at a public clinic in labour. She carried no documents, fearing arrest. Clinic staff told her she would need to pay upfront or produce a permit before being […]

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The Public Health Paradox: The Unintended Consequences of Excluding Migrants from Healthcare in South Africa

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The Public Health Crisis We’re Creating: Why Excluding Migrants from Healthcare Threatens Us All Picture this screnario on Migrants Healthcare in South Africa: A Zimbabwean construction worker in Johannesburg develops a persistent cough. He knows it could be tuberculosis—TB is endemic in his home region—but he’s terrified to seek treatment. He’s heard the stories from

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