Table 1 Areas of recommendations by civil society and health experts working with migrants who use drugs in the European Union

1. Increasing data availability and quality, to inform guidelines;

2. Increasing the availability of drug dependency services for migrants, including screening for mental health issues and involving migrants who use drugs in the development of services;

3. Eliminating country, and service level barriers for accessing these services, as well as providing migrants who use drugs with suitable information and combating stigma and discrimination; and

4. The need for increased collaboration among and within EU countries regarding healthcare for migrants who use drugs, on policy level as well as service level, including civil society organizations, peer navigation and multilingual cultural mediators.”