In 2017, the canton of Geneva implemented Operation Papyrus, an innovative policy to regularize undocumented migrants. The Parchemins study was initiated in this context in order to measure the consequences of access to a residence permit on health, well-being and living conditions. Adopting an approach combining social determinants of health and life course, this interdisciplinary study collects quantitative and qualitative longitudinal data by following a cohort of people over several years. The study describes the characteristics and motivations of undocumented economic migrants living and working in the canton of Geneva, their family and social situation, their housing and employment conditions, as well as their health status. These results fill a gap in the empirical data for this population in Switzerland and Europe.
Due to anonymisation issues, only quantitative data for all four waves are available. The published datasets are reduced datasets due to anonymization. Additional information can be obtained upon request by email to the PIs: Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Prof. Yves-Laurent Jackson.
