Migrating with Special Needs? Projections of Flows of Migrant Women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Toward Europe 2016–2030 (2017)
This study is a Descriptive research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Ortensi,L. E.,& Menonna,A.
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: The paper aimed to present demography-driven projections of expected flows of women with FGM/C from each practicing country to each EU28 member state for the 3 sub-periods 2016–2020,2021–2025,and 2026–2030.
Study Population: Women 15+
Findings: More than 92,000 girls aged 0–14 is expected to migrate between 2016 and 2020,while more than 310,000 girls aged 0–14 are expected between 2016 and 2030. Based on these predictions,a good way to protect children would be to set up programs to stop FGM/C. These programs should also include girls who were born in Europe but whose parents came from countries where FGM/C is common. In fact,about one in four girls will have already had FGM/C before they move,and less than 10 percent are still at risk of being cut. Future flows are likely to be very picky about where they go. Future migration patterns are likely to be highly regionalized. They will involve mainly France,Italy,Spain,the UK,and Sweden while leaving Eastern Europe largely unaffected.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Europe,Eastern Europe,Southern Europe,Northern Europe,Western Asia
Country(ies):Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,Czechia,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden