title: France: recent immigration-related developments affecting persons suffering from serious illnesses.
abstract: France enacted a new immigration law on 16 June 2011. Among other things, the law changes the criteria for issuing residence permits on medical grounds. Foreigners with a medical condition who apply for a residence permit must now show that treatment and care are unavailable in their country of origin. It is no longer sufficient to show a lack of effective access to such treatment or care.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montréal. remi.weiss@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Rémi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005602:France; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans