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.”