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Percentage of undocumented immigrants in France covered by State Medical Aid (AME, Aide médicale de l�Etat)

December 2019



C1 � according to their length of stay in France

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Reading: The rate of undocumented immigrants covered by State Medical Aid is very much linked to their length of stay in France, rising from 24% among those residing in France for 3 months to one year to 65% for those who have been living there for more than five years.


C2 � according to their proficiency in French

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Reading: The rate of undocumented immigrants covered by State Medical Aid is also linked to their proficiency in French, rising from 17% for those with a very poor proficiency to 58% for those with a very good one.

Source: �Premiers Pas� Survey.

Taken from Dourgnon P., Jusot F., Wittwer J. , Sarhiri J. "Access to State Medical Aid by Undocumented Immigrants in France: First Findings of the Premiers Pas Survey", IRDES, Issues in Health Economics (245), November 2019.