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United Press International - September 24, 2009
Citing cases in the United States, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa in which HIV-positive migrants were deported, the Human Rights Watch stressed a need to develop policies guaranteeing uninterrupted treatment for those people.
"Migrants living with HIV are often explicitly excluded from treatment," said Katherine Todrys, an HRW researcher. "If they are detained, they are often denied access to antiretroviral drugs, and then if deported they can't get care."
A 27-page joint report from HRW and three AIDS rights groups criticized the United States for "poor access to treatment in detention and harsh conditions or lack of access to medical treatment for some HIV-positive individuals who are deported."
The other groups are Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, the European AIDS Treatment Group, and the African HIV Policy Network.
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