Epidemiologists Call for Safe Environments to Protect Migrant Women and Girls From Sexual Violence in Ceuta

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The migration crisis is also having health consequences, but experts are calling for an end to stigmatization.

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Acute gastroenteritis—more than 200 cases—, scabies—at least 20 cases—, impetigo—21 cases—, tuberculosis—four cases—and other infections are some of the diseases that are emerging among migrants from Ceuta. The poor conditions in which they are found favor the transmission of many of these diseases. The main risk factor is not the status of migrants, but that thousands of people remain overcrowded, without stable accommodation, with difficulties…