A refugee camp in the centre of Europe: clinical characteristics of asylum seekers arriving in Brussels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the summer of 2015, the exodus of Syrian war refugees and saturation of refugee camps in neighbouring countries led to the influx of asylum-seekers in European countries, including Belgium. This study aims to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of asylum seekers who arrived in a huddled refugee camp, in the centre of a well-developed country with all medical facilities.

Methods

Using a descriptive cross-sectional study design, physicians of Médecins du Monde prospectively registered age, gender, origin, medical symptoms and diagnoses of all patients presenting to an erected field hospital in Brussels in September 2015. Diagnoses were post hoc categorised according to the International Classification of Diseases.

Results

Of 4037 patients

SUBMITTER: van Berlaer G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5168497 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature