Enjoyment of the rights to health and adequate housing by migrants 2010, para. 20
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Additionally, article 43 of the Convention on Migrant Workers specifically obliges States to ensure equal access to health care by regular migrant workers and their family members. The Convention also guarantees the right of migrant workers and their family members to receive any medical care that is urgently required for the preservation of their life or for the avoidance of irreparable harm to their health, regardless of their irregularity with regard to stay or employment (art. 28).
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants