Juan Camilo

Juan Camilo is a Migrants’ Rights Network Project Manager. He holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London on Latin American migrants in London and has worked with several migrant community organisations.

Experts oppose migrant healthcare proposals - will government listen?

Almost everyone from lawyers and healthcare experts to trade unions is telling government their proposals to charge migrants for healthcare are flawed - but will they listen?

By Juan Camilo

/ 12 Sep 2013

Migrants, "fairness" and the NHS

If the government does not have evidence of a significant problem with “health tourism”, why is it proposing setting up an expensive and cumbersome system to address it?

By Juan Camilo

/ 29 Jul 2013

Where do Mayor of London candidates stand on migration and integration?

What do the main candidates for Mayor of London have to say about policy and practice regarding migrants and their communities? Here is what they have told Migrants’ Rights Network.

By Juan Camilo

/ 2 May 2012

Integration: a two way process

Unless the barriers to integration are reduced in the UK, in another twenty years a new wave of migrants will be accused of having failed to integrate

By Juan Camilo

/ 27 Oct 2010

London: the price of UK immigration policy

Restricting the ability of irregular migrants in London to make a living in the hope that they will proceed to leave, doesn't work. It increases their exclusion in an already a very unequal city and misses the opportunity to take advantage of a great resource for the capital

By Juan Camilo

/ 21 Jul 2010