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
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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