Since the beginning of 2022, Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) has been present in the town of Oulx, at
the border with France (Upper Susa Valley) with the project ‘Frontiera Solidale’. The project aims to
guarantee medical assistance to the thousands of people crossing the north-western Alpine border to
reach France. The Medu team – consisting of a coordinator, a doctor, a cultural mediator and a few
volunteers – works three days a week at the clinic set up and made available by the Rainbow for Africa
association inside the Fraternità Massi refuge.
In the nine months covered by the report (July 2022 – March 2023), 8,928 people passed through the
Fraternità Massi shelter. Of these, 4,193 people had access to triage at the shelter’s outpatient clinic – set
up and provided by the Rainbow for Africa association – and 1,214 were thoroughly examined by the
MEDU team.

With this report, MEDU returns to document the migration phenomenon at the western Alpine border
with data, analysis and testimonies and to make recommendations, calling for the protection of the
fundamental rights – in particular the right to health and access to protection – of migrants and asylum
seekers in transit countries and especially in border areas, regardless of their legal status.

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