Doctors of the World calls for the drawbridge of Fortress Europe to be lifted
(B2) With the great cold coming, facing " the urgency of the situation Doctors of the World asked the European Union to open its doors.
Open the doors!
The NGO encourages the EU to show itself solidary "with Serbia and Bulgaria" who are today experiencing a serious humanitarian and solidarity crisis with these people stuck at the gates of this fortress Europe ". She accuses the European authorities [to] keep its borders closed instead of meeting its protection obligations ».
Extremely difficult conditions in the extreme cold
For nearly two weeks, continental Europe has been experiencing a particularly severe winter episode. " With temperatures averaging -10°C, the Balkan region is the most exposed. It is in these extremely difficult conditions that nearly 15.000 migrants divided between Bulgaria and Serbia must survive today. argues the NGO which is present in these two countries.
In Serbia as in Bulgaria
En Serbia, 4 mobile clinics spread throughout the territory provide medical care to more than 8.000 migrants stuck at the gates of Europe. " 4.400 people for the month of December alone were treated in our centres. Even if the majority of migrants are housed in camps, the concern is very great for the 2.000 migrants living in squats in Belgrade ».
En Bulgaria, a new gateway for the thousands of people fleeing the horror of war or misery, the medical findings are the same ". Faced with "the lack of care offered by the Bulgarian health system", the NGO decided to intervene and to come to the aid of unaccompanied minors, who are ever more numerous. But she appeals: Inhuman conditions now threaten thousands of families and make them even more vulnerable »
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