abstract:Since the beginning of the 21st century, the living conditions of undocumented migrant workers in Belgium have deteriorated drastically. In Brussels, after various social actions, undocumented people began squatting and occupying public buildings to make their struggle visible to society. Desperate, some seized the possibility of a loophole in Belgian law that permits ill persons to have access to a temporary residence permit and started hunger striking. Confronted with consecutive strikes, medical teams of voluntary health professionals faced a big dilemma. A search of the medical literature yielded information about the overall and specific tasks of health professionals during hunger strikes in custodial and hospital settings, but no scientific guidelines were found to address the specific problems the team was confronted with. Information was collected about 15 hunger strikes over a period of seven years, involving the participation of 1,158 strikers. This article describes the medical, organizational, and ethical difficulties encountered in the follow-up of hunger strikes in non-custodial settings, including those associated with the establishment of a health-care structure, operation with very limited resources, and communication with the media and other health professionals.

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医生在无证移民工人绝食期间的作用

摘要：进入21世纪以来，比利时无证移民工人的生活条件急剧恶化。在布鲁塞尔，在各种社会行动之后，无证人士开始擅自占领公共建筑，让社会看到他们的斗争。绝望中，一些人抓住了比利时法律中允许病人获得临时居留许可的漏洞的可能性，并开始绝食。面对连续罢工，志愿医疗队的医疗队面临着巨大的困境。对医学文献的搜索获得了关于卫生专业人员在看守所和医院环境中绝食期间的总体和具体任务的信息，但没有找到解决该团队面临的具体问题的科学指南。在七年的时间里收集了大约 15 次绝食的信息，涉及 1,158 名绝食者。本文描述了在非拘禁环境下绝食跟进过程中遇到的医疗、组织和伦理困难，包括与建立医疗保健结构、资源非常有限的运作以及与媒体的沟通有关的困难和其他卫生专业人员。