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Table 6 Post arrival immigration surveillance

From: A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates

Country

Refugee Center

Follow up post arrival

Compliance with first follow up

Consequences to not coming to follow up

United States

No

No

--

--

Germany‡

Yes

No

--

--

France

Yes

No

--

Residency permit not issued

Canada

Yes

Yes

49%

Reflects negatively on applicant immigration success

United Kingdom

Yes¥

Yes

Not known

No

Australia

No

Yes

80%

No

Israel

Yes

--

--

Jordan

No

Yes

Not known

Residency permit not issued

Additional Countries

   

Norway

Yes

No

--

--

New Zealand

Yes

No

--

--

Sweden

Yes

No

--

--

Switzerland

Yes

No

--

--

Netherlands

No

Yes

59%*

No

  1. *compliance data for non refugee immigrant only[55]
  2. † Migrants usually stay up to 1-2 years in the absorption centers
  3. ‡Follow up post arrival is done for persons with suspicious findings, but decentralized and the information is not collected systematically at central level
  4. ¥ Asylum seeker initial accommodation rather than refugee center