The growing number of forcibly displaced people makes healthcare for these populations an urgent global issue. Drivers like conflict, human rights abuses, natural disasters, and climate change accelerate migratory flows, with projections indicating that over 140 million people could be internally displaced by 2050 due to climate change exacerbate the problem. These challenges intersect with multiple SDGs, namely SDGs 3, 10 and 13, and reflect the global polycrisis. Tackling the obstacles that hinder the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda through practical solutions aligns with the South African presidency of G20, which stresses solidarity, equality and sustainability, and addresses a gap identified in the previous T20 Brazil communiqué: Integration of humanitarian responses with equitable healthcare access for refugees and climate-displaced populations. This work examines the approaches of Brazil and Canada on healthcare for displaced populations. While both countries have received significant migratory flows, Canada has developed a resettlement model which integrates refugees into the universal healthcare system, and Brazil lacks a comprehensive national policy.

This brief aims to (i) compare the Brazilian and Canadian approaches to refugee healthcare, (ii) advocate for a G20 framework that integrates healthcare and broader humanitarian response, and (iii) strengthen multilateral funding to support host countries with overburdened health systems.