This is the story of Nazifa Noor Ahmad, an Afghan woman who arrived in Italy as a child in 2008 to be treated for a severe form of Hodgkin lymphoma. The young woman died at age 20 on Wednesday (June 15), only a few days after a lung transplant she had undergone.
An Afghan migrant who died from a heart attack in the Calabrian sea port of Roccella Ionica on Wednesday was suffering from diabetes. Her health had been deemed not serious enough to require hospitalization.
Denmark is planning to open four advanced medical clinics which will focus solely on treating the growing number of Ukrainian refugees to ease pressure on the country's healthcare system. The plans present a stark contrast to the government's recent policies towards refugees from non-European states.
Libya has reported a rise in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases, particularly among migrants and refugees.
As France hails a "great surge of generosity" from its citizens in welcoming refugees from Ukraine, some experts warn that Europe must prepare for a continuing influx of unvaccinated people.
Ukrainian refugees with illnesses who fled the war are crossing the border into Poland in precarious condition. In at least one case, a migrant arrived with a needle still in his arm. A team of Italian doctors from Intersos is working to help them at the Korczowa shopping mall, which has been transformed into an initial temporary shelter.
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.
Since October, aid organization Samusocial de Paris has been offering COVID-19 vaccinations twice a week to homeless people, mainly migrants, at Porte de la Villette, in northern Paris. The organization has to face many challenges dealing with this mobile population with little access to the internet and which does not always speak French. InfoMigrants spoke with Maëlle Prioux, head of health projects at Samusocial and Samy Rasli, coordinator of public health actions at Samusocial.
After more than 80 people tested positive for COVID-19 at the Pournara migrant camp, Cypriot health authorities have moved hundreds of migrants to another location. The living conditions at Pournara had been denounced by MPs after a visit last week.
A non-governmental organization (NGO) in Greece, METAdrasi, has called on the government to make is easier for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers to get a Covid-19 vaccine, calling the current system problematic.
Jalal is a migrant from Morocco. He was traveling the Balkan route and made it over the border to Hungary before he was hit by a vehicle and suffered "terrible" injuries. Now in a camp in Serbia, he met with András Léderer from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and reporter Idro Seferi to tell his tale.
On the occasion of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, UNHCR has appealed to the international community to promote quality mental health support for refugees, internally displaced and stateless people. It said a growing number of people are asking for help with anxiety and depression.