Undocumented migrants are dying from Covid-19 because they are too afraid to seek help, charities have warned amid renewed calls for the Home Office to suspend NHS immigration checks.
In one case, a Filipino man died from suspected coronavirus last week after not accessing healthcare for fears of being reported to the Home Office. The man is said to have died in his home on 8 April after suffering from a fever and a cough for two weeks. He was too afraid to go to the hospital for fear that he would be charged for his treatment, which he could not afford, and that he would be reported to immigration authorities. His wife, also an undocumented Filipino national, is currently suffering with similar symptoms but is also too afraid to access healthcare. Before he fell ill, the man who had been in the UK for about 10 years, was working as a cleaner and sending money back to his family in the Philippines. His wife, a domestic worker, was reportedly in their home with her husband’s body for 24 hours before an undertaker arrived to take his body away.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-undocumented-migrants-deaths-cases-nhs-matt-hancock-a9470581.html
In one case, a Filipino man died from suspected coronavirus last week after not accessing healthcare for fears of being reported to the Home Office. The man is said to have died in his home on 8 April after suffering from a fever and a cough for two weeks. He was too afraid to go to the hospital for fear that he would be charged for his treatment, which he could not afford, and that he would be reported to immigration authorities. His wife, also an undocumented Filipino national, is currently suffering with similar symptoms but is also too afraid to access healthcare. Before he fell ill, the man who had been in the UK for about 10 years, was working as a cleaner and sending money back to his family in the Philippines. His wife, a domestic worker, was reportedly in their home with her husband’s body for 24 hours before an undertaker arrived to take his body away.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-undocumented-migrants-deaths-cases-nhs-matt-hancock-a9470581.html
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