survey. All stories contained in this report have been an‑ onymized to protect the identity of respondents. In the initial phase, April-July 2020, the survey was pilot tested by ApartTogether consortium partners led by Ghent University, Belgium, and Copenhagen University, Denmark. Although pilot testing was limited to Europe and the USA, it captured refugees and migrants coming from all around the world, allowing for further minor revisions of the survey instrument. Since the revisions made to the survey instru‑ ment were minor, data collected from pilot testing could be combined with the final dataset. The pilot testing also indicated the need to adopt additional strategies such as contacting key stakeholders such as NGOs and academic institutions to disseminate the survey and to promote ac‑ tive participation of the target population groups . The survey was subsequently rolled out globally by the Global Programme on Health and Migration, WHO 4 | The ApartTogether survey headquarters in Geneva, through the WHO network of re‑ gional and country offices as well as other research and col‑ laborating centres. To increase the uptake of the survey, tar‑ geted campaigns were conducted in countries across WHO African, Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, European, South East Asia and Western Pacific Regions. This enhanced participation of refugees, and migrants themselves through various network groups: United Na‑ tions agencies dealing with refugees and migrants, NGOs, grassroot organizations, national organizations working with refugees and migrants, academics, international or‑ ganizations and institutions, as well as WHO regional and country offices (listed in the acknowledgments). Additionally, an intensive social media campaign was rolled out. The Facebook pages of ApartTogether and the twitter ac‑ count of ApartTogether and those of WHO were used to reach out to the wider public, organizations, policy-makers and

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