News

Here you can read news stories about advocacy or information relating to HIV-related travel or migration curated from reliable sources around the world by the HIV Justice Network – the organisation behind Positive Destinations.

Please also sign up for our newsletter, HIV JUSTICE NEWS, which provides a regular update of the news, events and resources that are important for HIV justice advocates. To receive the newsletter directly into your email inbox, subscribe by going to https://www.hivjustice.net/newsletter/.

Source: https://www.brusselstimes.com/promoted/2161494/europe-debates-migration-but-ignores-migrant-health

Europe’s HIV response cannot succeed without migrant health equity

3 June 2026

Europe debates migration, but ignores migrant health By Tamara Prinsenberg & Daniel Reijer – AHF Europe Migration dominates political debate across the continent. Governments argue about borders, asylum systems, returns, integration, and security. Election campaigns are built around it. Entire...

Source: Queen Mary University of London

Increased risk of tuberculosis and HIV co-infection for migrants in the Uganda EU/EAA

17 December 2024

New research published today in the European Respiratory Journal found that adult migrants in the UK and EU/EEA fare worse on a range of TB outcomes than non-migrants in those countries. Researchers led by Dr Heinke Kunst, Reader in Respiratory...

Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC°

Surveying ECDC report presents the results of survey on HIV prevention and barriers among migrants in the EU/EEA

29 November 2024

This report presents the results of a survey among EU/EEA Member States in relation to the HIV epidemic among migrants and current national prevention interventions, policies and barriers to the public health response. Executive summary Background In 2023, migrants accounted...

Source: Jurist

European Union: Call to safeguard the right to asylum in Europe

9 July 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International plus other NGOs signed a joint statement Monday urging the European Union (EU) and its member states to “safeguard the right to territorial asylum in Europe.” The statement refers to the EU Charter of...