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Policy Brief

Death, despair and destitution: the human costs of the EU’s migration policies

Benvenuti B, Marshall-Denton C, McCann S, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)
2024-02-21
2024-02-21
This report considers the health and humanitarian consequences of violent policies and practices on people moving along EU migration routes. It details findings from MSF medical humanita...
Journal Article
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Research

Health of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in detention in Tripoli, Libya, 2018-2019: Retrospective analysis of routine medical programme data

Kuehne A, Van Boetzelaer E, Alfani P, Fotso A, Elhammali H,  et al.
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
2021-06-04 • PLOS One
Libya is a major transit and destination country for international migration. UN agencies estimates 571,464 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya in 2021; among these, 3,934 peo...
Journal Article
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Research

Health conditions of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on search and rescue vessels on the central Mediterranean Sea, 2016-2019: a retrospective analysis

Van Boetzelaer E, Fotso A, Angelova I, Huisman G, Thorson T,  et al.
2022-01-11 • BMJ Open
2022-01-11 • BMJ Open
OBJECTIVES
This study will contribute to the systematic epidemiological description of morbidities among migrants, refugees and asylum seekers when crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
Journal Article
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Research

"I prefer dying fast than dying slowly", how institutional abuse worsens the mental health of stranded Syrian, Afghan and Congolese migrants on Lesbos island following the implementation of EU-Turkey deal

Eleftherakos C, van den Boogaard W, Barry D, Severy N, Kotsioni I,  et al.
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
2018-09-05 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
In 2015 and early 2016, close to 1 million migrants transited through Greece, on their way to Western Europe. In early 2016, the closure of the “Balkan-route” and the EU/T...
Journal Article
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Research

Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece

Ben Farhat J, Blanchet K, Juul Bjertrup P, Veizis A, Perrin C,  et al.
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
2018-03-13 • BMC Medicine
BACKGROUND
Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered via land and sea routes. During their travels, r...
Journal Article
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Research

A qualitative exploration of post-migration stressors and psychosocial well-being in two asylum reception centres in Belgium

Whitehouse K, Lambe E, Rodriguez S, Pellecchia U, Ponthieu A,  et al.
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
2021-08-01 • International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
PURPOSE
Prolonged exposure to daily stressors can have long-term detrimental implications for overall mental health. For asylum seekers in European Union transit or destination count...
Journal Article
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Commentary

Migrants caught between tides and politics in the Mediterranean: an imperative for search and rescue at sea?

Zamatto F, Argenziano S, Arsenijević J, Ponthieu A, Bertotto M,  et al.
2017-09-14 • BMJ Global Health
2017-09-14 • BMJ Global Health
Journal Article
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Research

A crisis of protection and safe passage: violence experienced by migrants/refugees travelling along the Western Balkan corridor to Northern Europe

Arsenijević J, Schillberg EBL, Ponthieu A, Malvisi L, Ahmed AO,  et al.
2017-04-16 • Conflict and Health
2017-04-16 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Pushed by ongoing conflicts and pulled by the desire for a better life, over one million migrants/refugees transited Balkan countries and arrived in Europe during 2015 and...
Journal Blog
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Perspective

What next for refugees after the demolition of the Calais camp?

Drogoul F, Hanryon S
2016-11-16 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
2016-11-16 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
Journal Article
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Research

"I feel like I am less than other people": Health-related vulnerabilities of male migrants travelling alone on their journey to Europe

Arsenijević J, Burtscher D, Ponthieu A, Severy N, Contenta A,  et al.
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
During 2015 and 2016, an unprecedented flow of approximately 800,000 migrants coming from Turkey towards Western Europe crossed the Balkans. Male migrants are perceived as being less vul...
Journal Article
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Commentary

EU migration policies drive health crisis on Greek islands

Orcutt M, Mussa R, Hiam L, Veizis A, McCann S,  et al.
2020-02-01 • Lancet
2020-02-01 • Lancet
Restrictive migration policies that deny migrants and asylum seekers their right to health—a fundamental right enshrined in universal human rights declarations and treaties since 1948—ar...