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Greek Law Targeting NGOs Sparks International Criticism Five United Nations experts, led by Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor, have sharply criticized Greece’s new migration law for criminalizing human rights defenders supporting migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In...

The Paris-based association STOP Homophobia has sounded the alarm, announcing that it has received 18 requests for help to leave Senegal in the space of just a few days. Faced with what they describe as a ‘dramatic’ climate, more and...

Posted on February 24, 2026 THE SITUATION IN BRIEF The Conservative Party of Canada has tabled a motion today to drastically restrict health care coverage for asylum seekers under the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP). Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre released...

Campaign to address health concerns among migrant workers A recent spike in reported HIV cases in and around Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district has drawn renewed attention to healthcare challenges among migrant workers. As many as 15 people tested HIV-positive in...

Refugee and Migrant Health: Protecting Vulnerable People on the Move Amina fled Syria in 2015 with her three children after bombs destroyed their neighborhood in Aleppo. The harrowing journey to Europe took three months—traveling by foot, crowded trucks, and a...

HIV cases in Perumbavoor guest workers Kochi: After a rise in drug-related issues sparked tensions between locals and migrant labourers in Perumbavoor, there is now concern about health department’s difficulty in tracking guest workers, who tested positive for HIV in...

Immigration and poverty tied to heightened HIV risk in the Netherlands There is a strong social gradient associated with HIV diagnoses in the Netherlands, Dr Vita Jongen from Stichting HIV Monitoring and colleagues report in The Lancet Regional Health –...

Translated with AI – Scroll down for article in Russian Medical control is being tightened in Russia: migrants are waiting for tests, fines and a criminal charge for fake certificates The State Duma Committee approved a bill that significantly tightens...

AI translation – Scroll down for article in Spanish Cesida emphasizes that the extraordinary regularization of migrants will improve their real access to public health The State Coordinator of HIV and AIDS (Cesida) has applauded the implementation of the procedures...

Migrants arriving in Russia will be examined for hepatitis B, C and D in 2026. The Ministry of Health has already prepared amendments to the order on medical examination of foreigners, now its draft is under approval, said Natalia Pakskina,...