"Migrant women face multiple disadvantages determined by two aspects that influence the way they are perceived in society as well as their access to social security policies, namely their gender and migrant status. For the purpose of this paper it is relevant to define the two main concepts used in the analysis: the status of migrant women and homelessness. For the former, the definition used will be the one provided by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE): “Non-nationals who have moved (or are endeavouring to move) to a country from another one - often but not necessarily the country of their nationality - and whose presence in the former may or may not be lawful or regular”. Nevertheless, this paper will focus on women who migrate from a non-EU country to Europe and will not include information on the “internal” migration of European Union citizens. Instead, when talking about migrant women, we refer specifically to women who are citizens of third countries and move to the EU. The paper also includes information about women who entered the EU through legal means but have been subject to an irregular administrative situation at a later point (for example, undocumented migrant women)."