Australian immigration detention health study protocol: a prospective, mixed-methods cohort study examining the physical and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers [PDF]
BMJ OpenIntroduction Globally, studies have consistently demonstrated the harmful mental and physical health impacts of immigration detention, with high levels of distress documented among detained asylum seekers and refugees (ASR).
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Moral injury related to immigration detention on Nauru: a qualitative study [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022 Background Immigration detention is associated with detrimental mental health outcomes but little is known about the underlying psychological processes. Moral injury, the experience of transgression of moral beliefs, may play an important role. Objective
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Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2020 A crisis of mass immigration detention exists in the United States, which is home to the world’s largest immigration detention system. The immigration detention system is legally classified as civil, rather than criminal, and therefore non-punitive.
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The impact of immigration detention on mental health: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2018 Background The number of asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people worldwide has increased dramatically over the past 5 years. Many countries are continuing to resort to detaining asylum seekers and other migrants, despite concerns that ...
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The changing landscapes of immigration detention
Punishment and SocietyThe authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 796197) and by the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and European Union NextGeneration EU/PRTR (grant number: RYC2021 ...
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Do codes of ethics and position statements help guide ethical decision making in Australian immigration detention centres? [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2019 Australian immigration detention has been called state sanctioned abuse and a crime against humanity. The Australian healthcare community has been closely involved with these policies, calling for their reform and working within detention centres to ...
Ryan Essex
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Mapping factors associated with deaths in immigration detention in the United States, 2011-2018: A thematic analysis [PDF]
The Lancet Regional Health Americas, 2021 Parveen Parmar +2 more
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Jurnal HAM, 2022 Recently, some cases of human rights violations in immigration detention centers across Japan have attracted worldwide attention. Those inhumanely considered cases necessitated the United Nations expressing an opinion through the United Nations Working ...
Sari Anggaini, Kurniawaty Iskandar
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration Detention
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2021 COVID-19 has spread quickly through immigration detention facilities in the United States. As of December 2, 2020, there have been over 7,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases among detained noncitizens.
Fatma E. Marouf
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Detention of Immigrant Children [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2017 This Policy Statement was reaffirmed November 2022. Immigrant children seeking safe haven in the United States, whether arriving unaccompanied or in family units, face a complicated evaluation and legal process from the point of arrival through permanent resettlement in communities.
Julie M. Linton +12 more
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