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High\u2010risk behaviours, sexual abuse, poor living conditions and barriers to accessing health care may affect migrants' sexual health, leading to infections.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study evaluates STIs and HIV prevalence and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) in non\u2010European migrants attending the sexual health clinic in Malta. It also seeks to explore situations of human trafficking (HT), sex\/gender\u2010based violence (S\/GBV) and female genital mutilations (FGM).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a mixed\u2010method study, based on quantitative and qualitative research within a single centre. An anonymous pretested questionnaire was administered to non\u2010European migrants attending the genitourinary clinic (GUC) with the assistance of an ethnocultural agent. Demographics, STI diagnoses and risk behaviours were collected from the GUC database, linked to the questionnaires and analysed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 143 migrants took part in the study, 73% were young male and 16.7% men who have sex with men (MSM). Forty\u2010one different nationalities were recorded, and the top ones were Nigerian (12%), Filipino (7.4%) and Chinese (5.4%). Concerning risk behaviours, 33.8% of respondents had never used a condom and 76.5% had had sex with multiple partners in the 6\u00a0months prior to the study. STI prevalence was 73.1%. Of the patients interviewed, six females were Chinese sex workers employed in massage parlours, potentially trafficked to Malta.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study outcomes support the need of improving awareness about STIs\/HIV risk and testing. In migrants at particular risk for HIV, combination prevention strategies should include access to pre\u2010exposure prophylaxis and antiretrovirals independently from migrants' legal status. 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