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19 Letter calling for the suspension of the charging regulations. Signed by the BMA, Royal College of Physicians, Royal
College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives, and the Faculty of Public Health. Coordinated by Doctors of the World and
signed by over 40 other civil society organisations. Published: 13th April 2020. Available: https://www.doctorsoftheworld.
org.uk/letter-calling-for-suspension-of-nhs-charging-regulations/#
20 Letter calling for suspension of the charging regulations, lifting of NRPF conditions, and release of people detained under
immigration powers. Coordinated by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Liberty, and Medact, and signed
by 70 civil society organisations. Published 16th March 2020. Available https://www.jcwi.org.uk/protecting-migrants-fromcovid-19
21 Bulman, M (2020) Undocumented migrants dying of coronavirus because they’re too afraid to seek help, MPs and
charities warn. The Independent. Published: 17th April 2020 Available: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/homenews/coronavirus-undocumented-migrants-deaths-cases-nhs-matt-hancock-a9470581.html
22 The World Health Organisation (2020) Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Available: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/community-based-health-care-includingoutreach-and-campaigns-in-the-context-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
23 See notes 15, 16, 17, 18 and, Patel, P. et al (2020) Policy brief: Including migrants and refugees in the British government’s
response to COVID-19. Lancet Commission on Migration and Health. Available: https://www.migrationandhealth.org/
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