HSE requires Intercultural Strategy to cope with Ireland's replacement migration programme

HSE requires Intercultural Strategy to cope with Ireland's replacement migration programme

The HSE (Health Service Executive) of Ireland has developed a new Intercultural Strategy to cope with Ireland's replacement migration programme while Tánaiste Simon Coveney expects an additional 500,000 migrants for Ireland over the next 20 years and according to the 2016 census, 18.8% of the population currently has a migrant background though the real figure is likely higher.

Diane Nurse (National Lead, Social Inclusion) says the population of Ireland is changing all the time and healthcare needs have changed as a result.

She says Ireland now has increasing numbers of asylum seekers coming into the country and we also have members of the the Roma community who require distinct, targeted interventions though she did not expand on what those interventions were.

She says there are a whole range of migrants coming to Ireland who might have difficulty navigating our health system and who have specific health needs and it is incumbent on the HSE to develop interventions and a strategic approach to catering to the needs to those groups.

Salome Mbugua, founder of AkiDwa, the Migrant Women's Network says health is very important in terms of people's rights and the "programme was good so that they can understand about the different diversity that we have in Ireland."

"Actually the diversity has changed, we have over 200 languages spoken in Ireland and so it means different backgrounds, it means different cultures and people can enlighten themselves by actually going through that strategy and understanding people more and where they're coming from"

Watch: The impact migration has on healthcare in Ireland — Stefan Molyneux — Ireland 2040
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