Health conditions of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on search and rescue vessels on the central Mediterranean Sea, 2016-2019: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study will contribute to the systematic epidemiological description of morbidities among migrants, refugees and asylum seekers when crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Setting

Since 2015, Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has conducted search and rescue activities on the Mediterranean Sea to save lives, provide medical services, to witness and to speak out.

Participants

Between November 2016 and December 2019, MSF rescued 22 966 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We conducted retrospective data analysis of data collected between January 2016 and December 2019 as part of routine monitoring of the MSF's healthcare services for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on two search and rescue vessels.

Results

SUBMITTER: van Boetzelaer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8753406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature