Story of Kia Story of Jasmine Kia is an irregular migrant from Ethiopia. She is pregnant and is living on the streets in a European country. Her situation as an irregular migrant makes it difficult for Kia to receive the medical care that she requires for her health and the health of her unborn child. She worries about the consequences of having the baby soon. “I am six-month pregnant lady with no medical atten‑ tion and this crisis of coronavirus has a major im‑ pact on my baby’s life cause my plan was to go to England. Now that’s impossible so if I have the baby here, by myself, my child will be illegal too.” Jasmine is a refugee from Pakistan who has been living in Italy for three years with temporary documents. Jasmine is aware of the consequences of not getting a job in Italy or in another European country. A job is her only chance of providing herself with permanent residency sta‑ tus, and COVID–19 has only made this more diffi‑ cult. She is all by herself with no one to support her and is in desperate need of financial support to maintain her residence permit in Italy. Jasmine ex‑ plains how the trouble to finding a job is affecting, since she needs a job in order to apply for citizen‑ ship: “I am about to lose my housing facilities in the month of August without job and money in hand.”

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