Press releases

As European civil society and professional organisations working on asylum, migration, humanitarian assistance and human rights, we are shocked by the continuing humanitarian crisis at the borders between the EU and Belarus which causes immense suffering and has led to the deaths of at least ten people. While we fully...
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(The update dates back to the 12th of August, 2021) The situation at the north-west border in the Upper Susa Valley – where for months MEDU has been monitoring the living conditions and the respect of the human rights of men, women and children coming mainly from the Balkan route...
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Rome, 19 July 2021 –  While the Italian Parliament approved the renewal of funds intended to the Libyan Coast Guard on Friday the 16th of July, 2021, the details of the atrocities committed against migrants in detention centers in the North African country, whether controlled by the government in Tripoli or...
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Rome, 15 July 2021 – On the morning of the 14th of July, the informal settlement in Piazzale Spadolini, located in the back of the Tiburtina station in Rome, was subject to yet another eviction operation in the presence of various Italian and Roman institutional actors: the Municipality of Rome,...
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Oulx, 9 July 2021 – In the first five months of 2021 (January to May) the small town of Oulx, located on the Italian-French border in the Upper Susa Valley, continued to be an important crossroad of two migratory flows towards France, as already reported by MEDU in previous reports:...
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Rome, June 17, 2021 – For the eighth consecutive year, Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) operated in the Plain of Gioia Tauro, Calabria, during the citrus harvest season with the aim of promoting the protection of the health and fundamental rights of the approximately 2,000 foreign labourers employed in...
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We share a letter written by our partner Physicians for Humans Rights – Israel and we, too, wish for quiter and safer times ahead for everyone.  Dear friends In these turbulent moments, we want to sound a clear and unequivocal call for protecting human rights. Over the past several days...
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15 Israeli, Palestinian and international health and human rights organizations: Israel must provide necessary vaccines to Palestinian health care systems. As the Israeli healthcare system begins the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Israeli public, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal...
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Eighteen associations committed to protecting the health of migrants and refugees have launched an appeal to European governments and to members of the European Parliament. Rome, 16th December 2020 Large reception centres, such as the Moria camp, opened in Greece and Italy to implement the so-called Hotspot Approach, have devastating...
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The Lancet Public Health journal publishes MEDU’s appeal       Huge reception centers like Mineo and Moria have devastating effects on refugees and asylum-seekers’ mental health. Overcrowding; geographical and social isolation; long stay due to lengthy procedures in obtaining a residence permit; difficulties in accessing health care and social...
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