What is the impact of denial of health benefits for refugee children?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sparks v Nova Scotia (Assistance Appeal Board), 2017 NSCA 82 (CanLII):

Perhaps MacTavish J., in Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FC 651, said it best when she considered the denial of health benefits for refugee children:

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