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Possible Issues faced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers


 

Causes

  • War
  • Human rights abuses
  • Persecution on grounds of politics, religion, gender or ethnicity

Resultant Losses

  • Country
  • Culture
  • Family
  • Profession
  • Language
  • Friends
  • Plans for future

Issues in country of asylum

  • Multiple change
  • Psychological and practical adjustment
  • Uncertain future
  • Traumatic life events
  • Hardship
  • Racism
  • Stereotyping by host community
  • Unknown cultural traditions

Excerpts from Tribe, R., The Mental Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 2002, Vol. 8: pp 240-248

 

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