Greece: Sick without papers
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?
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Thousands of traumatized migrants in Germany are denied help
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.
France: Sick without papers
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?
Germany: Sick without papers
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?
Mobile unit will assist migrants in shantytowns in Foggia, Italy
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.
Doctor treating torture victims: 'Images that take you back to the Middle Ages'
During a visit to a hospital in Monza, northern Italy, our reporters heard terrible stories from migrants who were tortured. A surgeon there says they have treated people with "smashed hands, machete cuts, petrol burns."
A clinic for migrants at Rome's Gemelli Hospital
The foundation of Rome's Policlinico Gemelli Hospital, in cooperation with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and Catholic charity Comunità Sant'Egidio, has presented a clinic to treat migrants and asylum seekers.
Volunteers banned from giving medical care to Vucjak refugees in Bosnia
A group of foreign activists was reportedly ordered to leave the Vucjak refugee camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They claim the state has cut migrants' access to healthcare but authorities reject the accusations.
Italian physiotherapist in Afghanistan wins UNHCR prize for Asia
The 2019 Nansen Refugee Award for Asia, conferred each year by UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, goes to physiotherapist Alberto Cairo. The Italian manages seven orthopedic centers in Afghanistan on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Pregnant Nigerian evacuated from Ocean Viking by helicopter
Malta's armed forces airlifted a heavily pregnant Nigerian woman and her husband from the rescue ship on Wednesday. The charity-run ship is currently carrying more than 80 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
On board the Ocean Viking
Once a support and rescue vessel for offshore oil platforms, Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking has now embarked upon a mission to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean. Here's an upclose look at what a rescue ship looks like from the inside. So, let's meet some of its crew and let them tell us about life aboard...
Migrant dies after van plunges into river in Croatia
One person died in Croatia after a van carrying 12 migrants plunged into a river. The driver of the van that was registered in Germany fled the scene, leaving the vehicle to sink into the river. Separately, police in North Macedonia discovered 30 migrants in an abandoned truck.