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We assessed migration history and health status in 536 migrants housed at \u201cSvoltare ONLUS\u201d, an Extraordinary Reception Centre in Parma (Northern Italy), from 2015 to 2018. The focus was on migration journey characteristics and motivations, and testing for infectious diseases such as hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), HIV, tuberculosis (TB), syphilis, and parasitosis. Migrants were overwhelmingly male (95.9%), with a mean (range) age of 26 (18\u201350) years. The majority originated from Sub-Saharan Africa (83.2%), with Nigeria as the predominant country. Most migrants entered via Libya (87.1%), disembarking primarily in Southern Italy, particularly Sicily (75.4%). High prevalence rates were found for HBV (48.8%), TB (27.8%), and parasitosis (23.1%), particularly among those from Western Africa. In contrast, HCV (2.61%), chronic hepatitis (5.41%), syphilis (2.99%), and HIV (1.31%) were less common. 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