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This post was published on 26/03/08 in Ideology and HIV.

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  1. Comment by Chris Green, 30/03/08, 04:09:

    It is interesting that there is frequent reference to “only 13 countries that erect barriers…”. In fact, according to the very useful EATG :: Travel restrictions web site :

    “We are aware of 15 Countries that currently deport HIV positive foreigners: Armenia, Bahrain, Brunei, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, North and South Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Russian Federation and Taiwan,.. and 12 countries that totally forbid PLWHA access and residence: Armenia, Brunei, China, Iraq, Qatar, South Korea, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and the USA.”

    Interestingly, this does not include Singapore, for which the Immigration Act notes the following:

    “The following persons are members of the prohibited classes: … any person suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus”.

    We are aware of three recent cases in which foreigners have been summarily deported from or refused entry to Singapore because they were known to be HIV-positive. Singapore (being Singapore) has a very efficient immigration database, and those known to be HIV-positive are blacklisted in the computer.

    This raises an important point missed in your comment: that these countries (including the US) not only refuse residence to foreigners with HIV, but deny them entry even just for a tourist visit (or indeed medical treatment for which they are willing to pay – handsomely!).

    To add insult to injury, the US recent relaxed rules which previously denied overseas postings to HIV-positive foreign service employees. So they are willing to ‘impose’ their infected people on other countries, but deny entry (even for short visits) to people from those countries. Talk about hypocrisy!

    Chris

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