拒绝让移民入医疗系统的社会有危险

There are more than one billion migrants worldwide; 214 million of them have gone to foreign countries. IOM says every country in the world is either dependent on the labor, skills and knowledge migrants bring or on the money they earn.

全世界有10亿多各类移民，其中2亿1400万移民是去了外国。国际移民组织表示，世界上各个国家，要么依赖移民带来的劳动力、技能和知识，要么依赖移民所赚的钱。

IOM spokeswoman, Jemini Pandya, says most countries recognize that migrants are an economic necessity they cannot do without. She says it is to the benefit of societies at large to take care of their migrant populations.

国际移民组织女发言人杰米尼·潘迪亚表示，绝大多数国家都承认移民对发展经济是不可或缺的。她表示，因此关心照顾移民总体上对于社会是有益的。

“If you do not take care of the health of the migrants, many of the structures on which our societies and economies function today could not survive, could not cope ... Global development on every level could not continue. So, that health aspect is absolutely integral to every single aspect of our modern lives today - the health aspects of migrants," Pandya said. "And given that we are living in a world where dependency on migrants is ever growing, this is an issue that governments ignore at their peril, essentially.”

她说：“如果你不关心照顾移民的健康，我们今天社会和经济功能的很多结构就无法存在和成功应对，全球发展的每个层面都无法持续。因此，健康状况对于我们今天现代生活的每个方面来说都是绝对不可或缺的，尤其是移民的健康状况。考虑到我们生活在一个对移民的依赖越来越大的世界，这是一个各国政府根本无法忽视的问题。”

While the economic argument might be persuasive, IOM says it is important to recognize that migrants, above all else, are human beings. It says they should not be seen as a mere commodity, representing an economic value that is easily replaceable.

国际移民组织表示，尽管经济因素可能具有说服力，但是重要的是要意识到，移民首先也是人。该机构表示，移民不应当被视为只是一件商品，具有一定经济价值，但是可以轻易抛弃的商品。

IOM argues that denying migrants access to health care is both a violation of their human rights and, ultimately, self-defeating.

国际移民组织表示，拒绝向移民提供医疗服务，既是对人权的侵犯，最终也会伤及自身。