Region: Western Europe
ICELAND – Bill tabled in Parliament to allow Polish and Maltese women to have an abortion in Iceland
GREECE – Sexual violence against migrants and asylum seekers. The experience of the MSF clinic on Lesvos Island
Sexual violence can have a destructive impact on the lives of people. It is more common in unstable conditions such as during displacement or migration of people. On the Greek island of Lesvos, Médecins Sans Frontières provided medical care to survivors of sexual violence among the population of asylum seekers. This study describes the patterns of sexual violence reported by migrants and asylum seekers and the clinical care provided to them.