Understanding Europe

Mosney Direct Provision Center, County Meath, Ireland | Photo: picture alliance/empics/N. Carson

'Direct Provision' in Ireland explained

If you are an asylum seeker or refugee in Ireland then you will most likely be accommodated in a Direct Provision center. Here’s what you need to know about the service.

The NHS provides some services free of charge to undocumented migrants but since 2017 a charging regime has been in place, expecting those who do not have permament leave to remain to pay up front or directly after treatment | Photo: Imago / Zuma/ Joel Goodman

UK: Sick without papers

Getting by as a migrant without papers is certainly hard. If you become sick, it can be much worse - even life-threatening. So where can you turn in the UK if you need medical assistance?

Volunteers of Doctors Without Borders with some migrants injured in the sea after leaving Misurata on a ship to reach Zarzis | Photo: ARCHIVE/ANSA/DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Italy: Sick without papers

Getting by as a migrant without papers is certainly hard and if you become sick, it can be much worse, even life threatening. So where can you turn in Italy if you need medical assistance?

Undocumented migrants in Greece are excluded from the national health system, except for emergency hospital visits | Photo: picture alliance

Greece: Sick without papers

Getting by as a migrant without papers is hard – but if you become sick, it can be much worse, even life-threatening. Where can you turn for medical care in Greece?

The many different rules for migrants in Germany can get confusing

Explainer: Migrants in Germany

Germany is the most popular destination for migrants in Europe. Most migrants are looking for jobs, but not all of them find one. Why? And how welcome are migrants in Germany really? A fact check.