Journal de science et médecine dentaires

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Untreated Oral-Health Problems are a source of Misery for Disadvantaged Migrants Living in France

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The 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention states that refugees must have access to health services in their host country, including dental care. For nearly a decade, European countries have been facing an unprecedented refugee crisis, raising major public health issues and challenges. In 2017, 261,700 people migrated to France, nearly half of whom (about 100,000) were asylum-seekers. These people are in potential need of oral care, prevention, and education. However, a recent literature review identified a lack of data on migrants’ health needs in Europe, especially in the oral health dimension. As defined by the United Nation’s Migration Agency, a migrant is a person who is moving from one country to another for reasons other than seeking employment.

In France, deprived migrants can also advantage from two awesome complementary public fitness insurances schemes: CSS for felony residents and AME for unlawful migrants who have been residents for at least three months.However, these public plans are inadequate to handle all the obstacles deprived migrants may additionally face to get right of entry to fitness care. In this situation, migrants might also advantage from revolutionary services offering foremost care services, developed both via public hospitals or non-profit organisations.