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In a forum, they “solemnly” ask Emmanuel Macron “not to promulgate” the text, believing that it “seriously calls into question our humanist health model”.
Immigration law in the sights of caregivers. More than 5,000 health professionals and around fifty caregiver organizations are warning on Saturday about the “dramatic health and social consequences», according to them, of this text, calling on the Élysée to “withdraw this deadly law for public health“. “We, women and men in the health, social, care and research professions wish to place the President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron) and his government before their immense responsibility», They write in a column sent to AFP.
They ask “solemnly» to Emmanuel Macron of “not to promulgate” the text. Among the signatories are the general secretary of the Union of health center doctors Julie Chastang, the co-president of the Inter Urgences collective Pierre Schwob-Tellier, the representative of the French pediatric society Christèle Gras-Le Guen and the psychiatrist and national secretary of the PS Antoine Pélissolo, as well as professional organizations and associations.
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“Contrary to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child”
For them, the law on immigration adopted Tuesday forceps by Parliament “seriously calls into question our humanist health model“. It will have consequences in particular on health.of the most vulnerable, children“, they assure, fearing “an intolerable deterioration in infant mortality, which has already increased for ten years in France» due to the fact «social inequalities in particular“. This text “is contrary to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child“, they write, citing the “limitation of family reunification“, there “complication of administrative procedures necessary for unaccompanied minors» or the “limitation of emergency accommodation“.
They also deplore the new conditions introduced to benefit from social assistance. “Restrictions on housing for illegal immigrants threaten to further marginalize them, forcing them to live in precarious and unsanitary conditions“, with some “devastating effects on their physical and mental health», they continue, recalling that the absence of housing also exposes “on the street and in situations of sexual vulnerability“.
“Suspension of medical care for rejected asylum seekers and restrictions on residence permits due to serious illness“, they risk, “to increase medical emergencies» and to contribute to spreading “Infectious diseases“. Finally, they recall that “25% of doctors working in hospitals today are “practitioners with non-European Union qualifications” (PADHUE)» and ask themselves: “How can we humanly understand that we attract doctors to France, to the detriment of their countries of origin, while refusing to treat patients from these same countries?»