http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7028/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/montreal-medical-professionals-protest-refugee-health-care-cuts/11628 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/251956_312331532192225_1680972465_n.jpg" alt="" title="Members of Physicians for Human Rights at the Montreal protest against health care cuts for refugees. Via Speak Up for Refugees: https://www.facebook.com/SpeakUpForRefugees" width="450" height="336" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Several hundred people gathered at the offices of Citizenship and Immigration Canada in downtown Montreal on June 18 to protest the cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), the program that provides temporary health insurance for refugees, asylum seekers, and certain other migrants.</p> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/montreal-medical-professionals-protest-refugee-health-care-cuts/11628" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/montreal-medical-professionals-protest-refugee-health-care-cuts/11628#comments Abby Lippman Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:36:09 +0000 Tim McSorley 11628 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca