This snapshot shows the numbers of new migrants arriving from the Balkan route encountered by IRC Italy and Diaconia Valdese in Trieste Central Station area during the reporting period. The data was gathered through individual and group interviews with people reached for the purpose of providing them with legal orientation and first aid. The monitoring activity is carried out during the entire daytime, and partially in the evening, of every day of the year, including weekends and holidays.

Il rapporto “Vite abbandonate 2023” fornisce dati e informazioni sui bisogni delle persone migranti in arrivo dalla rotta balcanica a Trieste nel 2023, nonché raccomandazioni per le autorità competenti affinché intervengano per migliorare la situazione.

Mohammad, 29, remembers exactly when he began to lose his vision. When he was 10 years old, his right eye turned red and watery and began to swell up. At some point, he stopped being able to fully see out of his right eye.

Participants of a workshop led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (ADSP), who were once refugees themselves, share their thoughts on why advocacy inclusive of those with lived experiences is important.