This series of articles about migrants’ access to healthcare in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia is suppored by Oxfam in the Russian Federation.
Botirjon Shermuhammad: Migrants pay for health insurance to obtain a work permit, not to visit the doctor
Botirjon Shermuhammad, lawyer and founder of the Migrant support centerin Russia, talks about voluntary medial insurance for migrants and explains why they still prefer to travel back to their home countries for treatment. In Russia, if a migrant feels sick, in most cases he or she just lives with it. When it becomes unbearable, they