A reported 52% of migrants in Morocco did not have access to the vaccine against COVID-19. Out of that percentage, 70% refused to get vaccinated while the remaining 30% wanted a vaccine but couldn't obtain it, a survey carried out by the International Organization for Migration in Morocco shows.
A report drafted by UN refugee agency UNHCR and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has denounced that the international response to COVID-19 did not succeed in guaranteeing the rights of refugees.
The number of Italian citizens who have chosen to live abroad is higher than the number of immigrants who reside in Italy, new research shows. The COVID-19 pandemic, legal barriers and other obstacles have impeded the growth of Italy's immigrant population, the Catholic foundation has said.
A Greek appeals court has sentenced two asylum seekers from Afghanistan to four years in prison for starting a fire which burned down the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2020. Thousands of migrants were living at the facility at that time, with COVID-19 and unhygienic conditions dictating their daily lives.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought international migration to a standstill — and migrant workers have borne the greatest cost. But Bangladeshi workers are doing surprisingly well.
The Italian government has decided to abandon the use of quarantine ships adopted during the pandemic to isolate migrants at sea after their arrival in Italy.
UNICEF has released a report shedding light on the negative impacts of the pandemic on migrant women in Italy. It said discrimination already linked to gender and migration, combined with the challenges imposed by COVID-19, had increased the likelihood that migrant women in Italy will suffer violence.
Italy's highest court has ruled that asylum seekers' right to health must be protected in CAS migrant reception centers, after the association ASGI filed a complaint over a lack of measures against COVID-19 at a Bologona facility.
A doctor in the southern Italian city of Bari has received an award for administering a record 25,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines with her mobile team. Their goal: To reach the most fragile members of the community, including migrants at reception centers and Afghan refugees.
While the vaccine uptake among people with a migration history is lower than among the rest of Germany's population, their willingness to get a first dose might actually be higher. That's according to a new study, which also showed that immigration background plays a subordinate role when it comes to vaccine readiness.
Responding to a request for assistance from Iran, the European Commission coordinated the delivery of 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Afghan refugees in Iran.
A former official in the Puglia regional civil protection office received bribes for assigning COVID facility contracts to two local businessmen, investigative sources have revealed. The former manager has been detained while the two businessmen have been placed under house arrest.