Infectious disease health services for refugees and asylum seekers during a time of crisis: A scoping study of six European Union countries

In 2015, the European Union (EU) received the largest number of forced migrants since World War II: over 1.2 million asylum seekers were registered of which more than 50% were from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq [1]. Most of these migrants entered the EU through a combination of land and sea routes, with Greece and Italy being the main countries of arrival into the EU, receiving 853,650 and 153,842 migrants, respectively [2]. Subsequently, newly-arrived refugees continued to travel further north to intended destination countries.

Source: Health Policy - April 11, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Mariya Samuilova, Roumyana Petrova-Benedict, Enrico Girardi, Pierluca Piselli, Alexander Kentikelenis Source Type: research