Article 86 of the Slovenian Asylum Act, which was adopted by the government of Miro Cerar in March 2016 - which in essence only confirms the Asylum Law of the 2006, adopted by the right wing government of Janez Janša (only that, in the Janša Act, the health care was regulated by Article 84 and it is practically identical to the Article 86 of the Cerar government) - on the one hand, violates human rights of asylum seekers on large scale by excluding applicants from the Primary Health Care - allowing only the emergency medical help - on the other hand it violates the Code of Medical Ethics because it suspends the role of doctor as the patient's representative. The unusual situation in Slovenia that political "left" and "right" have very similar legislation regarding asylum seekers is therefore not the only paradox, but the suspension of the Code of Medical Ethics is, in a certain way, the criminalization of doctors who work with asylum seekers. Of course, the negative effects on the health of asylum seekers are even greater, as the exclusion of applicants from primary health care also has many Public Health effects. We can talk about the following main negative effects:
1-Accessibility of doctor to asylum seekers is reduced
2-Reduced or excluded primary health care
3-Reduced or excluded the extent to secondary and tertiary health care
4-Decreased or absent Public Health approach
5-Reduced quality of health care in its entirety
6-Permanent negative effect on the health of asylum seekers
7-Suspension of the role of doctor as a patient's representative
8-Compromise of some basic principles of safe asylum diet
9-Effects on acute and chronic status of malnutrition of asylum seekers
10-Military accommodation of asylum seekers leads to isolation from the population
11-Supporting asylum seekers is only minimal
12-Absence of some large support mechanisms and programs
Slovenia is a member of a political and military alliance that actively participates in a global crisis that creates refugee and migrant waves. Refugees come to us for protection, but our country often harms refugees and migrants instead of helping. The entire Slovenian policy and many public intellectuals have been agitating for all of Slovenia's ascent to NATO. Today, they do not engage themselves in the abolition of the restrictive (racist?) Legislation of Slovenia (in particular, Article 86 of the Asylum Law) and treats refugees and migrants with decent human treatment.
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