In the Name of Humanitarianism: The Interim Federal Health Program and the Irregularization of Refugee Claimants

Since 1957 Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) has provided health-care coverage to refugee populations. However, from June 2012 to April 2016 the program was drastically revised in ways that restricted or denied access to health-care coverage, specifically to refugee claimants—persons wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laura Connoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2018-12-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/40478