Study shows that refugees experience anxiety, headache and trouble with sleeping

Alert DateJune 26, 2011 Country: Sweden Address: Stockholm General Type: Discrimination, Institutional discrimination, Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Refugees, Asylum seekers Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Health and social protection Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other

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The Centre for Health and Integration (Centrum för hälsa och Integration) published a study showing that refugees with a residence permit experienced anxiety, headache and trouble with sleeping and concentration difficulties. Among the 44 respondents, these problems were strongly related to various traumatic events in their lives. 93% of the men had been victims of violence, and over 70% of the women and 40% of the children had witnessed violence towards a loved one. Nearly one third of the children had had a loved one killed.

Source:The Centre for Health and Integration (Centrum för hälsa och Integration), http://http://www.smp.se/nyheter/lobbyn/flyktingars-halsa-och-integration%282089057%29.gm