Statement by Medact Migrant Solidarity Group and Race & Health Justice group Open letter to BJGP Life: A response to RCGP Chair’s ‘Just Saying’ on refugees to the UK being deported to Rwanda. We healthcare workers and migrants at Medact condemn the inhumane Rwanda...
On September 30, we joined Docs Not Cops and a coalition of anti-racism and pro-migrant organisations outside Guy’s and St. Thomas’ hospital to protest the introduction of immigration checks and upfront charging coming into force on 23 October 2017. We...
Last weekend a group of 7 doctors and medical students from the Medact Refugee Solidarity Group drove to Calais to volunteer with the “Refugee First Aid and Support Team” – a group of primarily UK-based medics attempting to provide basic first aid to...
Benjamin Eder, member of the Refugee Solidarity Group writes about upcoming volunteer trip to Calais and Dunkirk. Next weekend from the 21st to 24th September, a team of us from Medact Refugee Solidarity Group are going to Calais and Dunkirk to help the Refugee First...
New RSG Member Marjorie Bahhaj, a retired nurse and midwife, writes about attending her first Medact Refugee Solidarity Group meeting. Marjorie and a group of 17 enthusiastic healthcare professionals, students and activists met on Tuesday 25 July at Medact offices in...
Within the UK, over the past decade or more, we have witnessed a movement toward increasingly restrictive policy around entitlement to healthcare for those without a defined immigration status. This population are arguably one of the most vulnerable groups...
Written by Medact members Rebecca Cousins and Pauline Latil. On Saturday 12th of March, the Medact Refugee Solidarity Group joined Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary and gathered alongside two thousand other protesters to demand the closure of Yarl’s Wood,...
From the 20th – 24th February, two members of Medact’s new Refugee Solidarity Group went to volunteer in the so-called Calais ‘Jungle’. This is the first of a series of blog posts they are writing to share their experiences with the Health Through Peace community....
