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Sweden

Aftonbladet - a big Swedish newspaper- arrange every year a campaign called ‘Swedish Heroes’ which basic idea is “to give attention to ordinary people's dedication and heroic efforts”. This year, one of MDM Sweden’s national volunteers, midwife Anna Rydmark Venegas, was honored with an award for her work to provide health care to undocumented migrants. Jan Eliasson (former social democratic minister of foreign affairs and former president of UN general assembly) and Nyamko Sabuni (minister for integration, a liberal) introduced and handed Anna Rydmark Venegas her award during the ceremony.

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International Migrants Day – 18 December

International Migrants Day was the occasion for many HUMA network members to communicate. MdM UK, MdM Spain, MdM France, MdM Sweden and SIP (Poland) put the common press release of HUMA network « Stop penalizing humanitarian assistance! » on their website. They also had some other communication and advocacy activities. MdM Portugal wrote its own press release, putting some links to both observatory and legal reports. MDM Netherlands had a huge advocacy action towards the health system and health care providers. It namely seized this opportunity to hand its report “Niet vergeten!” (‘Don’t forget!’, a comprehensive report on access to health care of undocumented migrants: findings, conclusions and recommendations) over to the Chairman of the Health committee of the Dutch House of representatives, Pauline Smeets. MdM Sweden had a big advocacy action addressed to the department of social affairs, together with the platform of organisations for access to health care for migrants. Skop, from Malta, sent us a video on the action that Skop had on that day, on the problem of detaining migrants. MdM Germany did a presentation on MdM’s work with migrants. And MdM Greece had a big lobby action on access to health care for pregnant undocumented women and children of undocumented migrants.

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