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Obtaining the AME : an obstacle course

Laura Pioch27 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Céline Gabarro, sociologist Established in 2000, the State Medical Assistance seeks to guarantee undocumented migrants’ access to healthcare. Numerous members of parliament regularly accuse…

Is State Medical Assistance an economic issue ?

Victoire Hernandez26 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Interview with Nicolas Vignier, Hospital Doctor and Public Health Researcher. State Medical Assistance (Aide Médicale d’État or AME((Explained at : https://www.sante.fr/presentation-state-medical-assistance-aide-medicale-detat-or-ame))) is frequently questioned and…

State Medical Assistance : Inaudible expertise, inevitable politicisation

Victoire Hernandez26 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Caroline Izambert, historian The State Medical Assistance, a health care system for irregular migrants, has been at the centre of public debates for over…

No, State Medical Assistance does not encourage health-related migration

Victoire Hernandez26 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Paul Dourgnon, Florence Jusot, Antoine Marsaudon and Jérôme Wittwer, economists State Medical Assistance is frequently blamed for the coming of irregular migrants to benefit…

Political health and solidarity in Greece

Laura Pioch25 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Christiane Vollaire, philosopher, and Philippe Bazin, photographer Greece, a transit country for migration, has highly been affected by the 2008 economic crisis and is…

Healthcare for undocumented migrants in Italy : policy inclusiveness and exclusionary claims

Laura Pioch25 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Roberta Perna, political sociologist The Italian healthcare system is quite inclusive towards undocumented migrants. Yet, exclusionary discourses have emerged over time, grounded on the…

Access to healthcare for irregular migrants in Germany. An improving outlook ?

Laura Pioch25 July 20227 February 2023

De facto > Issue 31 Jérémy Geeraert, sociologist In Germany, irregular migrants have difficulties accessing healthcare due to restrictive migration policies that force them to seek care within charitable…

At the French-Italian Border Legal Arrangements Evade the Right to Asylum

Laura Pioch28 March 202229 November 2022

De facto > numéro 32 Bastien Charaudeau Santomauro, lawyer The right to asylum is enshrined in French, European and international law. However, migrants arriving at the French-Italian border are…

Unsuspected geographies

Laura Pioch7 January 20213 March 2022

De facto > numéro 24 [Lire la version française] Iain Chambers, specialist in Cultural and Postcolonial Studies Based on a work of quotation and reference, John Akomfrah, a British artist…

Share a meal, co-construct a community and create. The menu proposed by IMMART

Laura Pioch6 January 20213 March 2022

De facto > numéro 24 [Version française] Nicol Foulkes Savinetti, social scientist, founder of IMMART – International Migration Meets the Arts For an artist, moving country is not only about…