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Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France
BACKGROUND: In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there is a lack of quantitative evidence on their experiences. We present the results of a retrospective survey among refuge...
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2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29325099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx040 |
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author | Bouhenia, Malika Farhat, Jihane Ben Coldiron, Matthew E Abdallah, Saif Visentin, Delphine Neuman, Michaël Berthelot, Mathilde Porten, Klaudia Cohuet, Sandra |
author_facet | Bouhenia, Malika Farhat, Jihane Ben Coldiron, Matthew E Abdallah, Saif Visentin, Delphine Neuman, Michaël Berthelot, Mathilde Porten, Klaudia Cohuet, Sandra |
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description | BACKGROUND: In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there is a lack of quantitative evidence on their experiences. We present the results of a retrospective survey among refugees in the ‘Jungle’ of Calais, France, to document their health problems and the violence they endured during their journeys. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional population-based survey in November and December 2015. The sample size was set at 402 individuals, and geospatial simple random sampling was used. We collected data on demographics, routes travelled, health status, violence and future plans. RESULTS: Departures from the country of origin increased beginning in September 2015. Sixty-one percent of respondents reported having at least one health problem, especially while in Calais. Overall, 65.6% (95% CI 60.3–70.6) experienced at least one violent event en route; 81.5% of refugees wanted to go to the UK. CONCLUSIONS: This first quantitative survey conducted among refugees in Europe provides important socio-demographic data on refugees living in Calais and describes the high rate of violence they encountered during their journeys. Similar documentation should be repeated throughout Europe in order to better respond to the needs of this vulnerable population. |
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spelling | pubmed-58812682018-04-05 Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France Bouhenia, Malika Farhat, Jihane Ben Coldiron, Matthew E Abdallah, Saif Visentin, Delphine Neuman, Michaël Berthelot, Mathilde Porten, Klaudia Cohuet, Sandra Int Health Original Articles BACKGROUND: In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there is a lack of quantitative evidence on their experiences. We present the results of a retrospective survey among refugees in the ‘Jungle’ of Calais, France, to document their health problems and the violence they endured during their journeys. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional population-based survey in November and December 2015. The sample size was set at 402 individuals, and geospatial simple random sampling was used. We collected data on demographics, routes travelled, health status, violence and future plans. RESULTS: Departures from the country of origin increased beginning in September 2015. Sixty-one percent of respondents reported having at least one health problem, especially while in Calais. Overall, 65.6% (95% CI 60.3–70.6) experienced at least one violent event en route; 81.5% of refugees wanted to go to the UK. CONCLUSIONS: This first quantitative survey conducted among refugees in Europe provides important socio-demographic data on refugees living in Calais and describes the high rate of violence they encountered during their journeys. Similar documentation should be repeated throughout Europe in order to better respond to the needs of this vulnerable population. Oxford University Press 2017-11 2018-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5881268/ /pubmed/29325099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx040 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Bouhenia, Malika Farhat, Jihane Ben Coldiron, Matthew E Abdallah, Saif Visentin, Delphine Neuman, Michaël Berthelot, Mathilde Porten, Klaudia Cohuet, Sandra Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title | Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title_full | Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title_fullStr | Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title_short | Quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in Calais, France |
title_sort | quantitative survey on health and violence endured by refugees during their journey and in calais, france |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29325099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx040 |
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