Tuesday, April 21, 2015

EU states told to tackle health challenges of migrant emergency

Migrants rescued off the Libyan coast arrive at the harbor in Catania, Italy, on April 20, 2015The European Commission on Tuesday urged EU members to tackle the health challenges posed by the influx of asylum seekers in the Mediterranean, including sharing hospital resources. "The emergency is there, now, it's concrete," Commission official Ladislav Miko told reporters in Latvia's capital Riga. Miko said EU states faced by the migrant crisis, such as Italy or Spain, were unable to handle "hundreds of patients in a single day" who were dehydrated and required hospital care. He suggested moving migrant patients to hospitals in countries less directly affected by the crisis along with the rapid deployment of emergency kits, logistical support and vaccines.




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