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NHS charges for migrants ‘discriminatory’ says support group leader
Protest against the privatisation of the NHS. Pic: Keep Our NHS Public campaign
Making financial demands of migrants for NHS services is discriminatory and continues the ‘hostile environment’ approach of the Government, a Hackney immigrant support group has claimed.
Rayah Feldman, chair of the Hackney Migrant Centre said NHS charges required of migrants on 6-month visas, and undocumented migrants, are the most concerning issue faced by the centre at the moment. “We’ve had people with cancer, and with other life-threatening conditions which require interventions, for which the figures are in tens of thousands.”