EU Policies Contribute to Abuse of Migrants in Libya
This report documents severe overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, malnutrition, and lack of adequate health care. Human Rights Watch found violent abuse by guards in four official detention centers in western Libya, including beatings and whippin...gs. Human Rights Watch witnessed large numbers of children, including newborns, detained in grossly unsuitable conditions in three out of the four detention centers. Almost 20 percent of those who reached Europe by sea from Libya in 2018 were children.
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ATLAS on substance use (2010) — Resources for the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders
Accessed: 14.03.2019
A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a unique handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health
Die Globalisierung erleichtert den Export von Medikamenten, Medizingeräten und anderen Waren oder Dienstleistungen; gleichzeitig wächst die weltweite Mobilität der Menschen. Die Integration von Migrant*innen in die Gesundheits- und Sozialsysteme stellt alle Länder vor große Herausforderungen. D...eutschland hat in jüngster Zeit viele Menschen aus anderen Ländern aufgenommen und kann auf Fortschritte bei ihrer Versorgung verweisen.
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Hinweise für die Arbeit mit von häuslicher Gewalt betroffenen Migrantinnen
Continuing a worrying decade-long rising trend, the number of people forced to flee due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order climbed to 89.3 million by the end of 2021. This is more than double the 42.7 million people who remained f...orcibly displaced at the end of 2012 and represents a sharp 8 per cent increase of almost 7 million people in the span of just 12 months. As a result, above one per cent of the world’s population – or 1 in 88 people – were forcibly displaced at the end of 2021. This compares with 1 in 167 at the end of 2012. During 2021, some 1.7 million people crossed international borders seeking protection and 14.4 million new displacements within their countries were reported. This is a dramatic increase from the combined 11.2 million a year earlier.
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Handlungsnotwendigkeiten für eine bedarfsgerechte Aufnahme in Deutschland
Auch für Geflüchtete selbst gibt es Informationsangebote und Handreichungen in verschiedenen Sprachen oder in einfach verständlichem Deutsch. So haben der Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen und das Netzwerk AMBA ein Informationsblatt mit Informationen für Geflüchtete mit Behinderung herausgegeben. E...s richtet sich auch an Geflüchtete selbst, allerdings sind dafür Sprachkenntnisse notwendig. Sehr hilfreich ist, dass sich in der Broschüre auch Adressen von Beratungsstellen finden.
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Refugee 1 men and boys can be subjected to sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV). Survivors have specific health, psychosocial, legal, and safety needs, but often find it hard to discuss their experience and access the support they need. It is important that UNHCR and its partners take steps to ...address these difficulties. The objectives of this note are to emphasise that programmes on sexual and gender‑based violence need to include men and boys, and to provide guidance on how to access survivors, facilitate reporting, provide protection and deliver essential medical, legal and social services. 2
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Analytical Report
Almaty 2015
Accessed: 26.09.2019
This month 600 people reached Greece, mostly to Lesvos island. UNHCR with IOM and UNICEF welcomed the latest relocations of 49 unaccompanied children from Greece to Portugal and Finland and called for more. The need for such solutions is high as only one in four has a place in a shelter. The prematu...re end of accommodation assistance may lead recognized refugees to become homeless.
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9 April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting States in Europe with an extraordinary and unprecedented public health emergency. In response, States are taking necessary and legitimate measures to prevent the spread of the virus and to protect their populations. Some of these measures have been... taken within the framework of a declared state of emergency, based on specific national provisions governing emergency situations.
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