We examined factors affecting the depressive symptoms and the relationship between depression and quality of life among 131 North Korean adolescent refugees aged 12-24 years. We compared sociodemographic, social, and individual characteristics and perceived the quality of life between participants with and without depression. Thirty-seven refugees (28.2%) had clinically significant depressive s...

The unstable political situation in the former Yugoslavia has resulted in inter-ethnic conflict with profound economic, social and human rights consequences. It led to a major military intervention by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces. A large proportion of the Kosovars were forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge in Macedonia and Albania. The government of Macedonia was ve...

In Kenya, "Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted in 1951)" was ratified in 1966, "Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (adopted in 1967)" was ratified in 1981 (these are so called Refugee Convention), "Convention governing the specific aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (so called OAU Convention, adopted in 1969) was ratified in 1992. These treatments have become the ...

BACKGROUND Wars and violent domestic conflicts have forced millions of people to move outside their homes. Meeting the basic health needs of those people requires an understanding of research activity and research output on this topic. The objective of this study was to shed light on the quantity and impact of medicine - related publications on refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced ...

European governments are struggling with the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, but there exists little evidence regarding how the management of the asylum process affects the subsequent integration of refugees in the host country. We provide new causal evidence about how one central policy parameter, the length of time that refugees wait in limbo for a decision on their asylum claim, a...

OBJECTIVE To document demographic characteristics and prevalence of infectious diseases in refugees and humanitarian entrants attending the Migrant Health Unit (MHU) in Perth for health assessment from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004. DESIGN Retrospective case series. PARTICIPANTS All refugees and humanitarian entrants arriving in Western Australia on subclass 200 and subclass 202 visas ...

INTRODUCTION Lebanon is the main hosting country for the Syrian crisis, with more than one million Syrian refugees. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and identify its possible predictors, in a sample of Syrian refugees living in camps in Lebanon. METHOD We conducted a household survey on Syrian refugees between 18 and 65years...

INTRODUCTION Studying mental and physical health problems in refugees facilitates providing suitable health care, thus improving their quality of life. We studied depression tendency in Syrian refugees in Jordan in the light of chronic diseases and medication availability. Also, depression prevalence and depression comorbidity with chronic diseases were identified. METHODS In this multicenter...

Background The State of Wisconsin has a long history of refugee resettlement with over 70,000 refugees having come to Wisconsin from all over the world. At present, Wisconsin welcomes around 1500 refugees every year with the majority being resettled in the state’s urbanized southeastern corridor. Refugee resettlement trends within Wisconsin have fluctuated in conjunction with worldwide politica...

The Paris attacks prompted a massive response on social media including Twitter. This paper explores the immediate response of English speakers on Twitter towards Middle Eastern refugees in Europe. We show that antagonism towards refugees is mostly coming from the United States and is mostly partisan.