Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health

We seek to expose the implications of Australia’s exclusionary and discriminatory disability migration provisions on the health and wellbeing of disabled children who have arrived in Australia through alternative migratory routes. By undertaking an in- depth analysis of a single ca...

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Main Authors: Soldatic, Karen, Meekosha, H., Somers, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpr/2012/696753/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15191
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Meekosha, H.
Somers, K.
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description We seek to expose the implications of Australia’s exclusionary and discriminatory disability migration provisions on the health and wellbeing of disabled children who have arrived in Australia through alternative migratory routes. By undertaking an in- depth analysis of a single case study, Ernesto, we bring to the fore the key issues facing disabled immigrant children. These children, like our case study Ernesto, are only granted visas on the proviso that their parents/primary caregivers agree to cover the full costs associated with their disability, including medical care and additional expenses such as educational inclusion. The story of Ernesto reveals the extreme impact of these discriminatory policies on this population’s health and wellbeing. Further, we discuss how the state’s “right to exclude” people with disabilities from the migratory process negatively affects the health and wellbeing of their siblings and parents.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-151912017-02-28T01:26:45Z Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health Soldatic, Karen Meekosha, H. Somers, K. We seek to expose the implications of Australia’s exclusionary and discriminatory disability migration provisions on the health and wellbeing of disabled children who have arrived in Australia through alternative migratory routes. By undertaking an in- depth analysis of a single case study, Ernesto, we bring to the fore the key issues facing disabled immigrant children. These children, like our case study Ernesto, are only granted visas on the proviso that their parents/primary caregivers agree to cover the full costs associated with their disability, including medical care and additional expenses such as educational inclusion. The story of Ernesto reveals the extreme impact of these discriminatory policies on this population’s health and wellbeing. Further, we discuss how the state’s “right to exclude” people with disabilities from the migratory process negatively affects the health and wellbeing of their siblings and parents. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15191 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpr/2012/696753/ Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext
spellingShingle Soldatic, Karen
Meekosha, H.
Somers, K.
Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title_full Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title_fullStr Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title_full_unstemmed Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title_short Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health
title_sort finding earnesto: temporary labour migration and disbled children's health
url http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpr/2012/696753/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15191