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Chapter 25 - Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2019

By
Yasir Hameed  and
Cornelius Katona
Edited by
Rob Butler  and
Cornelius Katona
Rob Butler
Affiliation:
Waitemata DHB and North Shore Hospital, Auckland
Cornelius Katona
Affiliation:
Helen Bamber Foundation
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Summary

The world has the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers living outside their country of origin due to wars, political upheavals, violence and various other causes than there have been at any time since World War II. This crisis has an impact on all services in countries that are hosting refugees. Most research has focused on the needs of younger refugees and women and has neglected to study older individuals and their particular vulnerabilities.

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Seminars in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 281 - 290
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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