Europe austerity measures are impacting on healthcare and increasing xenophobia

Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:41 UTC

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Austerity measures are impacting European Union healthcare services and causing an increase in xenophobia, warn the humanitarian group Doctors of the World this week highlighting Spain as a potential hotspot. Read full article

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Xenophobia and healthcare always go together???!???!???

I wonder what drugs this man is on.

Poverty, unemployment lead to 'xenophobia' due to quite often misplaced worry of the 'foreigners are taking our jobs' myth. Usually put about by parties who like to stir up trouble, a bit like the Daily Mail.

Perhaps this is what is or has happened in Spain, but I believe his conclusions are based on very scanty data and are more his theories than anything else.
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