Hiv Asylum Seekers Suffer 'Living Hell' Health: Scandal Health: Scandal Disadvantaged Face More Prejudice and Abuse

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ASYLUM seekers in Scotland living with HIV are enduring multiple levels of discrimination and missing out on vital support available to other people diagnosed with the disease.

The "living hell" which HIV-positive African refugees can face in this country will be highlighted in a documentary on BBC Radio Scotland's The Investigation programme tomorrow.

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Hiv Asylum Seekers Suffer 'Living Hell' Health: Scandal Health: Scandal Disadvantaged Face More Prejudice and Abuse

After fleeing from their own countries to escape persecution, they often have to deal with both discrimination against refugees and the stigma surrounding HIV, which may ...

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