Sweden tightens healthcare rules for illegal immigrants
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Published: 22 May, 2008 CET.
Updated: Thu 22 May 2008 07:46 CET
Sweden's parliament on Wednesday approved a centre-right government proposal to deny subsidized public healthcare services to illegal immigrants as of July 1st.
The law, which is largely a formalization of the current practice, stipulates that clandestine immigrants and rejected asylum seekers can only receive emergency medical care if they pay for it themselves.
The parliament voted 265-33 in favour of the proposal, with the left-wing Green Party and Left Party voting against it on humanitarian grounds.
The vote was postponed by a day to allow for an extended debate.
The government plans to create a commission later this year to examine whether some groups within the categories of people who will not receive subsidized health care should be entitled to it.
All parties in parliament are, for instance, in favour of giving clandestine immigrant children the right to subsidized medical care.
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The law, which is largely a formalization of the current practice, stipulates that clandestine immigrants and rejected asylum seekers can only receive emergency medical care if they pay for it themselves.
The parliament voted 265-33 in favour of the proposal, with the left-wing Green Party and Left Party voting against it on humanitarian grounds.
The vote was postponed by a day to allow for an extended debate.
The government plans to create a commission later this year to examine whether some groups within the categories of people who will not receive subsidized health care should be entitled to it.
All parties in parliament are, for instance, in favour of giving clandestine immigrant children the right to subsidized medical care.
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