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Communities are built among LGBT refugees and asylum-seekers, leading to a network of advice about how to navigate the system. [50] [49] These networks help share success stories in navigating the system. [49] Agencies funded by the government to resettle and assist refugees and asylum-seekers can offer further, more general assistance.
This is a significant problem, especially for refugees with chronic and mental health conditions. [9] Unlike most of the immigrant population, refugee health is of particular concern because the conditions of their immigration include experiences that may negatively impact their physical or mental health. [11]
A hospital in a camp for refugees of the Nigerian-Biagfran Civil War, late 1960s (CDC). Refugee health is the field of study on the health effects experienced by people who have been displaced into another country or even to another part of the world, as a result of unsafe circumstances such as war or persecution.
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In 2021 children with mental health needs faced very long delays before receiving treatment. 51% waited under four weeks, 29% waited four to twelve weeks, 20% waited over twelve weeks. Some children with mental health problems had to go to A&E because a crisis developed while they were waiting.
For example, one Facebook post shows the question “How many asylum seekers have committed crimes in the UK?”, followed by an answer saying: “The statistics show that the asylum-group is ...
Transgender asylum seekers are transgender people seeking refuge in another country due to stigmatization or persecution in their home countries. [1] Because of their gender non-conformity, transgender asylum seekers face elevated risks to their mental and physical health compared to cisgender asylum seekers or those whose gender identity is the same as their sex assigned at birth, including ...