Public health needs of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Europe, 2015: Infectious disease aspects

In the first 10 months of 2015 the total number of asylum applications to the European Asylum Support Office recorded by European Union (EU) countries exceeded the 1 million mark, an unprecedented level since the establishment of the EU. Syria has been the most common country of origin of asylum app...

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Published in:European journal of public health 2016-06, Vol.26 (3), p.372-373
Main Authors: Semenza, Jan C, Carrillo-Santisteve, Paloma, Zeller, Herve, Sandgren, Andreas, van der Werf, Marieke J, Severi, Ettore, Pastore Celentano, Lucia, Wiltshire, Emma, Suk, Jonathan E, Dinca, Irina, Noori, Teymur, Kramarz, Piotr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borders
Boundaries
Infectious diseases
International relations
Migrants
Migration
Political asylum
Public health
Refugees
Undocumented immigrants
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Summary:In the first 10 months of 2015 the total number of asylum applications to the European Asylum Support Office recorded by European Union (EU) countries exceeded the 1 million mark, an unprecedented level since the establishment of the EU. Syria has been the most common country of origin of asylum applications, followed by Afghanistan and Iraq. However, these figures do not take unregistered migrants into account: in the same time period, 500 000 undocumented border crossing detections were recorded on the EU's external borders, according to Frontex.
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckw023