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    Finding Earnesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disbled Children's Health

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    Authors
    Soldatic, Karen
    Meekosha, H.
    Somers, K.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Soldatic, Karen and Meekosha, Helen and Somers, Kelly. 2012. Finding Ernesto: Temporary Labour Migration and Disabled Children's Health. International Journal of Population Research (2012) Article ID 696753.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Population Research
    Additional URLs
    http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijpr/2012/696753/
    ISSN
    2090-4029
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    This work is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15191
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We seek to expose the implications of Australia’s exclusionary and discriminatory disability migration provisions on the health and wellbeing of disabled children who have arrived in Australia through alternative migratory routes. By undertaking an in- depth analysis of a single case study, Ernesto, we bring to the fore the key issues facing disabled immigrant children. These children, like our case study Ernesto, are only granted visas on the proviso that their parents/primary caregivers agree to cover the full costs associated with their disability, including medical care and additional expenses such as educational inclusion. The story of Ernesto reveals the extreme impact of these discriminatory policies on this population’s health and wellbeing. Further, we discuss how the state’s “right to exclude” people with disabilities from the migratory process negatively affects the health and wellbeing of their siblings and parents.

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