Germany is turning to its migrant and refugee communities for help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Anticipated shortages of medical staff and farm workers for this year's harvest mean jobs may be opened up to those who are normally not permitted to work.
A southern Italian regional government has pledged €2 million to assist migrants in the coronavirus emergency. Measures, which were announced on Tuesday, include assisting residents at the informal camps of San Ferdinando and Piana di Sibari to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is opening the first health center in Yemen's largest displacement camp. The organization said in a statement published on March 10 that the center opened on March 8 in the Al Jufainah camp and is expected to treat about 100 patients a day.
Migrants and ethnic minority groups in Europe are at greater than average risk of needing an organ transplant. But they represent a very small proportion of organ donors. In Germany, which requires donors to opt in, encouraging people from diverse backgrounds to take this step is especially important.
If you don’t have legal documents in a European country, it’s often extremely complicated to see a doctor. But in most European countries, there are ways to get help if you’re sick. We take a look at Germany.
Many young women embark on dangerous migration journeys. Some of them become mothers along the way. InfoMigrants spoke to a few of these new mothers about their experiences. Affoussata left Ivory Coast with her son to flee domestic violence. In France, she became the mother of a little girl. Shunted from hotel to apartment since her arrival, she is desperately looking for some stability so she can raise her children.
Former Lampedusa doctor and current member of the European Parliament, Pietro Bartolo, says for years he has been seeing women migrants with what he calls the 'dinghy disease' - chemical burns only females tend to sustain while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea towards Italy.
Getting by as a migrant without papers is hard – but if you become sick, it can be much worse, even life-threatening. Where can you turn for medical care in Greece?
Migrants and refugees in need of therapy are being forced to wait months for treatment, or missing out altogether, a professional organization of psychosocial centers in Germany says. The organization says there are not enough funds to treat the thousands of migrants suffering from trauma.
Getting by as a migrant without papers is certainly hard, and if you become sick it can be much worse, even life threatening. So where can you turn in France when you need medical assistance?
Getting by as a migrant without papers is certainly hard – but if you become sick, it can be much worse, even life-threatening. Where can you turn?
A mobile unit, set up in a camper, will bring medical, psychological, and legal assistance to migrant farmworkers living in shantytowns in the province of Foggia, southern Italy.