The harder situation is that lived by seropositive people who come from developing countries or from east-central Europe equipped only with a precarious residence permit (often even absent).
In many cases they discover to be infected only after the arrive in the new country when they already show the first symptoms. As if that wasn’t enough, the greatest part of them have to face practical problems which come from their immigrant condition: they don’t know the national language of the country where they live, they have scant confidence with health and social system, they carry the weight of war experiences on their backs sometimes connected with hanger and tortures.
The point is that contract Hiv/Aids is only the iceberg edge. At the root of the question, in fact, there are problem series which put even health in second place: the uninsured permanence in the new country, uncertain future, precarious life conditions, the lack of a relatives and friends net. Without counting that, for whom seeks refuge, the free medical choice is clearly reduced
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