Asylum Seekers with Care Needs Describe Losing Support 2018
Tuesday 16 October, 2018 Written by Simon Collyer
Recognising and appropriately treating mental health problems among new immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in language and culture and because of specific stressors associated with migration and resettlement.
It is estimated that 244 million people (3.3% of the world's population) live outside their country of origin, of whom 65 million were forcibly displaced because of ongoing conflict and persecution—an all-time high for that figure.
This video from the Disabled People Against Cuts gives you some insight about the problem.
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