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Automatic Google translation, for original article in Russian, please scroll down. Author: Ekaterina Ivaschenko Russia is one of 19 countries in the world where HIV is the basis for deportation. In practice, when migrants find out about their positive status, they...

Wang Tang (not his real name) had never been to Nepal before, but at the end of March 2020 it was one of the few countries that had not closed its borders with China. Since he was desperate to get...

Government Mandates Reporting HIV Status, Deports People Living with HIV In Jordan, medical professionals and health facilities are mandated to report an individual’s HIV status to the government. Foreign nationals found to be HIV-positive are summarily deported regardless of the consequences to their health and...

Government Mandates Reporting HIV Status, Deports People Living with HIV. In Jordan, medical professionals and health facilities are mandated to report an individual’s HIV status to the government. Foreign nationals found to be HIV-positive are summarily deported regardless of the...

The CAP 105 Aliens and Immigration Law prohibits HIV positive foreign nationals from staying in Northern Cyprus. Human rights organisations in the country have called for the policy to be set aside, arguing that it is discriminatory and that it undermines human rights....

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been stranded abroad due to the bans on flights and border closures imposed to stop COVID-19. As elsewhere, thousands of non-nationals have been stranded in Egypt indefinitely. Travel restrictions have had...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a bill on the expulsion of migrants with dangerous diseases. Including with coronavirus. The decision on deportation will also be made by the Ministry of Health, the FSB and the bodies of sanitary...

HIV is the most common chronic illness in South Africa. One in every five is infected and one in every 13 takes antiretroviral drugs daily. Managing HIV medically has become more of a part of normal life. Amid this public...

New data show that in 2019 around 48* countries and territories still have restrictions that include mandatory HIV testing and disclosure as part of requirements for entry, residence, work and/or study permits GENEVA, 27 June 2019—UNAIDS and the United Nations...

Published in South China Morning Post on February 5, 2019 Visa restrictions for HIV-positive immigrants still in place in dozens of countries Recent leak in Singapore of data of HIV-positive people renewed attention on its curbs on long-term stays by...