Both the USA and Europe limit access to care by undocumented immigrants ('irregular
migrants' or IMs). In the debate over what level of access to confer to IMs, there are various …

Claims for improving migrants' access to care often draw on universalistic ethical notions,
such as the principle of equity as it is specified in human rights law and public health ethics …

Do societies have an ethical responsibility to care for and about the health of undocumented
migrants? Some people claim that societies have no responsibility to care for undocumented …

Dual loyalty issues confront health and welfare professionals in immigration detention
centres in Australia. There are four apparent ways they deal with the ethical tensions. One …

Many countries encourage immigration, yet almost without exception they impose medical
conditions on the admissibility of prospective immigrants. This paper examines the ethical …

The articles in Part I of this Special Issue “Debating Health-Related Deservingness and
Mapping Embodied Vulnerability” bring a particular focus to a broader set of critical issues …

Providing—and also not providing—public services to unlawful residents implies a certain
cost for host societies, and both inclusion and exclusion involve localized renegotiations of …

The main arguments for improving access to health care for marginalised groups, including
migrants and ethnic minorities, have mostly been based on public health considerations …

The presence of undocumented migrants is increasing in many Western countries despite
wide-ranging attempts by governments to increase border security. Measures taken to …

Beginning in June 2011, investigators at The Hastings Center, an independent, nonpartisan,
and nonprofit bio-ethics research institute, have explored ethical, legal, and policy-making …