{"id":5268,"date":"2026-02-25T18:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/?post_type=derechos&#038;p=5268"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:22:28","slug":"can-i-join-the-health-system-as-a-migrant-or-as-a-refugee","status":"publish","type":"derechos","link":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/rights\/can-i-join-the-health-system-as-a-migrant-or-as-a-refugee\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I join the health system as a migrant or refugee claimant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Every migrant or refugee claimant has the right to access health services without discrimination, in accordance with the Political Constitution and the Statutory Law on Health (Law 1751 of 2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persons with regular migratory status can be affiliated to the General Social Security Health System.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persons in an irregular migratory situation have the right, as a minimum, to receive emergency care, regardless of their migratory status. This right includes referral to specialised services, care for serious or catastrophic illnesses, urgent medical procedures and the provision of medicines, when life, integrity or human dignity is at risk, in accordance with Constitutional Court Ruling T-120 of 2022 and human rights standards.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","grupo-derecho":[161],"categoria-derecho":[158],"class_list":["post-5268","derechos","type-derechos","status-publish","hentry","grupo-derecho-refugio-y-proteccion","categoria-derecho-migracionlgbt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/derechos\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/derechos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/derechos"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grupo-derecho","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grupo-derecho?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"categoria-derecho","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colombiadiversa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria-derecho?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}