The healthcare center Samifo in Rome provides advice and treatment for asylum seekers and refugees to help overcome trauma due to violence, torture and war. There are about 10,000 refugees and migrants in Rome.
Budapest has urged a new EU-wide mechanism to deport migrants, saying that deportation is "mostly not possible" in current conditions. Hungary and Slovakia filed a joint case against the EU's refugee distribution scheme.
The Aquarius is a ship whose mission is to save migrants who are trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. It has been performing humanitarian operations since February 2016. The Aquarius is operated by an NGO called SOS Médi1
Refugees often have to deal with stress and nervousness as a result of the difficult escape from their home country. A German psychiatric organization has launched a project to provide counseling to traumatized persons.
The German Federal Volunteer Service offers various opportunities to people of all ages where they can serve society in their spare time. Refugees in Cologne can now sign up for a new program to help people like them.