Drawn from first-hand accounts from medical staff and patients, a Médecins Sans Frontières report details the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond.
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Drawn from first-hand accounts from medical staff and patients, a Médecins Sans Frontières report details the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond.
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Refugees and asylum seekers entering Europe through the Balkans face critical humanitarian conditions, while falling temperatures and a shortage of official reception facilities pose further threats
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Report reveals that in 2022 only 981 out of 3,175 asylum applications lodged by unaccompanied children were accepted. The remainder were either rejected or remain in a lengthy asylum process.
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So far in 2023, an estimated 11,600 children have made the dangerous crossing. The majority were alone or separated from their parents, according to the UN Children's Agency.
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"It is clear that the current approach to the Mediterranean is unworkable. Year after year, it continues to be the most dangerous migration route in the world, with the highest fatality rate."
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Médecins Sans Frontières calls on the Greek authorities to investigate reports of hundreds of missing migrants and allegations of people being threatened, abducted, and ill-treated.
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Between 2014 and 2019, 2,609 bodies of dead migrants were buried in Spain, Italy and Greece, according to statistics gathered by the ICRC in those countries.
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The impact of the war in Ukraine and the socio-economic legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic are being felt profoundly across the world as prices rise, food insecurity grows, and economies slow down.
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The centres on five of Greece's Aegean islands are isolated and refugees find their mental health condition exacerbated by the prison-like conditions, the segregation and the security infrastructure.
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The IRC warns that continued inaction by leaders to ensure safe routes for refugees could lead to more lives lost as winter nears and weather conditions worsen.
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Child migrants are being systematically abused by police, smugglers, and other adults while travelling through the Balkans across Europe, with the majority witnessing or subjected to sexual abuse.
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UNHCR estimates that from January to November, more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing at sea in their attempt to reach Europe, through the Mediterranean and the northwestern African maritime route.
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As of the end of November, more than 4,480 people had been relocated from Greece to 14 European countries, including more than 1,065 unaccompanied children, thanks to legislative changes in Greece.
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Globally, the number of deaths this year is more than the 4,236 total recorded in 2020. Considering fatal incidents are often recorded weeks or months later, the final toll is likely to be much higher.
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With Afghanistan facing a multi-pronged humanitarian emergency and a worsening economic crisis, both likely to be exacerbated by the winter season, the IFRC seeks to support about 160,000 people.
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Civil society organisations urge EU institutions and national governments to abandon policies that contain asylum seekers at Europe’s borders and to instead facilitate social inclusion.
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The plan brings together humanitarian operations of 34 National Societies across Africa, the Middle East and Europe and focuses on delivering assistance and protection to more than two million people.
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During a year marked by intense storms and conflict, 40.5 million new displacements were triggered across the world by disasters and violence, the highest annual figure recorded in a decade.
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Refugees trapped along the Balkans migration route, including 500 unaccompanied children and 400 children with family, are facing increased risks from smugglers, traffickers and border authorities.
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"Not Immune: Children in Conflict" shines a spotlight on the harrowing impact of war on the immunisation of children and calls for urgent global action to protect children from preventable diseases.