Thread by @AdrianaTdn

#Greece: @amnesty URGENT ACTION
Grant #Asylum Seekers and migrant #children access to public healthcare, to which they are banned since July
The life and health of thousands are at risk
Ask @VroutsisGiannis, @Vkikilias & @nmitarakis to act now @AmnestyUA

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@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69

@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69 There is no procedure to grant the social security number AMKA, which would allow access to healthcare to asylum seekers and children of irregular migrants, since July 2019. this is contrary to Greek, #EU and #International law.

@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69 The new Asylum Law of November 2019 proposed an alternative through the ‘Temporary number for insurance and healthcare for third-country nationals’ (PAAYPA). However, this instrument has not been operationalised. People are left in a procedural vacuum.

@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69 Some people with serious or chronic conditions are only able to receive cures thanks to exceptional measures. efsyn.gr/ellada/ygeia/2…

@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69 @MSFgreece and other NGOs are experience ‘large increase in the number of patients seeking care without AMKA: from 18% of patients in January to 43% in November’. @positivevoicegr Infections Units are 'unable to provide antiretroviral treatment' to foreigners without #AMKA

@amnesty @VroutsisGiannis @Vkikilias @nmitarakis @AmnestyUA @GiorgosKosmop @LiaGogou @lmrebassa @maxmoratti69 #Greece must take immediate action to ensure that asylum-seekers, unaccompanied children and children born in Greece from parents with an irregular migration status can access free healthcare in the public system, as mandated by Greek Law 4368/2016.