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New report on guidance for professionals on Asylum Seekers and HIV

The National AIDS Trust has published a report, HIV and the UK Asylum Pathway which makes the case for the needs of HIV-positive asylum seekers to be better supported throughout the asylum process and the HIV prevention needs of migrants to be considered earlier. More people than ever before are living with HIV in the UK, and a significant number of asylum applicants are coming from high prevalence countries.

HIV and the UK Asylum Pathway is in two parts. The first section maps out the complex pathway an asylum seeker in the UK takes from application to when a decision is made on their claim. The second half of the report highlights the needs of an HIV-positive asylum seeker and identifies both challenges and opportunities professionals have to address those needs.

The report is an ideal guide for professionals including community care nurses, GPs and civil servants, who support asylum seekers through the course of their work.

Deborah Jack, Chief Executive of the National AIDS Trust, comments;
“Asylum seekers are among the most vulnerable and marginalised communities in the UK and asylum seekers living with HIV face particular challenges.”

For full report see www.nat.org.uk

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