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. 2023 Feb 8;8:1127647. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1127647

Table 4.

The non-integrated foreign woman.

Woman She studies medicine and works as a waitress, after going on layoff for COVID-19 she no longer has sufficient income and found a work in a call center
40 years old
Foreign
Lives in Rome
She doesn't feel integrated in the place where she lives and she thinks that there are problems of integration that concern all foreigners toward whom there is a lack of interest from public institutions and also the associations of the third sector don't do enough
Vulnerability is a mixture of loneliness, uncertainty, anxiety, financial and health problems
I know people who are not doing well at the moment both economically and mentally. If one is sensitive or in difficult situations the body is affected. If a person is alone, has to support himself and does not have economic security, these elements affect the rest. And everything is increased by the anxiety of the moment
Living conditions and discrimination against foreigners create more forms of vulnerability
There are people of different nationalities and I think they are quite neglected. Their lifestyle and the environment they live in increases their health risks. My guess is that they don't even get tests for prevention and even forgo medical care for economic reasons of course. Those who work off the books would rather go to work even if they're sick than miss a day of work that won't be paid.”