{"id":1827,"date":"2018-01-15T15:15:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2018-01-15T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:15:47","slug":"medical-screening-of-asylum-seekers-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=1827","title":{"rendered":"Medical Screening of Asylum Seekers in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author(s) : Louis Loutan<\/h3>\n

Source : http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1468-2435.1992.tb00787.x<\/a><\/h3>\n

Abstract: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fear <\/span>of <\/span>plague <\/span>is <\/span>deeply <\/span>rooted <\/span>in <\/span>popular <\/span>memory. <\/span><\/span>Foreigners <\/span>have <\/span><\/span><\/span>always <\/span>been <\/span>viewed <\/span>as <\/span>potential <\/span>importers <\/span>of <\/span>diseases <\/span>such <\/span>as <\/span>chol<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>era, <\/span>plague, <\/span>malaria, <\/span>leprosy <\/span>and <\/span>more <\/span>recently <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lassa <\/span>fever <\/span>or <\/span>AIDS. <\/span><\/span>Global <\/span>strategies <\/span>designed <\/span>to <\/span>create <\/span>barriers <\/span>to <\/span>control <\/span>the <\/span>introduc<\/span><\/span><\/span>tion <\/span>of <\/span> such <\/span> communicable <\/span> <\/span>diseases <\/span><\/span><\/span>as <\/span>quarantine and <\/span>\u201ccordons <\/span>sanitaires\u201d <\/span>have <\/span>already <\/span>been <\/span>established. <\/span> <\/span><\/span>Despite <\/span>much <\/span><\/span>effort <\/span>and <\/span>money, <\/span>they <\/span>have <\/span>not <\/span>stopped <\/span>the <\/span>spread <\/span>of <\/span>epidemics. <\/span>Furthermore, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>regulations <\/span>may <\/span><\/span>give <\/span><\/div>\n
a <\/span>false <\/span>sense <\/span>of <\/span>protection <\/span>to <\/span>local <\/span>populations <\/span><\/span><\/span>and <\/span>reinforce <\/span>the <\/span>fallacy <\/span>that <\/span>new <\/span>diseases <\/span>are <\/span>due <\/span>mainly <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>to <\/span>foreign<\/span>ers, <\/span>thus <\/span>encouraging <\/span>discriniinatory <\/span>behaviour. <\/span> Countries <\/span>of <\/span>tradi<\/span><\/span><\/span>tional <\/span> immigration <\/span>have <\/span> developed <\/span> strict <\/span>regulations <\/span> <\/span>and <\/span>standard <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
medical <\/span> examinations <\/span>to <\/span> <\/span>detect <\/span> communicable <\/span><\/span>diseases <\/span> of <\/span> <\/span>public <\/span>health <\/span>significance <\/span><\/div>\n
(IOM, <\/span>1991). <\/span> Since <\/span><\/span>the <\/span>mid-l980s, <\/span>European <\/span><\/span>countries <\/span>have <\/span>faced <\/span><\/span>an <\/span>increasing <\/span> influx <\/span>of <\/span><\/span>refugees <\/span> and <\/span>asylum <\/span>seekers. <\/span> The <\/span>increase <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>number <\/span>of <\/span>asylum <\/span>seekers <\/span>from <\/span>68,000 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>to <\/span>more <\/span>than <\/span>400,000 <\/span>(Appleyard, <\/span><\/span><\/span>1991) <\/span>has <\/span>led <\/span>receiving <\/span>countries <\/span>to <\/span>establish <\/span>medical <\/span>screening <\/span>programmes. <\/span><\/span>Switzerland <\/span>is <\/span>no <\/span>exception.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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