The Practice of Immigration Health in Complex Emergency Situations - A Case Study of Kosovo from March to July 1999

Authors

  • Brian D. Gushulak International Organization for Migration
  • D. W. MacPherson McMaster University
  • H. Prochazka Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
  • M. M. Cooper Canadian Immigration Medical Service

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22053

Keywords:

Kosovar refugees, Macedonia, health, complex emergencies, medical screening, health management

Abstract

The need to rapidly transport refugees, displaced as a result of evolving complex humanitarian emergencies creates challenges for those refugee-receiving nations that require formaI immigration medical screening of these populations. Balancing the need to expediently resettle the refugees with these legislative and regulatory medical requirements can be logistically and operationally difficult. During the 1999 Kosovo crisis, the Humanitarian Evacuation Programme from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia rapidly moved large numbers of Kosovar Albanian refugees to nations with existing formal immigration medical screening requirements. This paper describes the successful management and delivery of immigration health services during this complicated international event.

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Published

2000-01-01

How to Cite

Gushulak, B. D., MacPherson, D. W., Prochazka, H., & Cooper, M. M. (2000). The Practice of Immigration Health in Complex Emergency Situations - A Case Study of Kosovo from March to July 1999. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 18(5), 46–52. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22053