Assisting asylum seekers in a time of global forced displacement: Five clinical cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Katherine C McKenzie, Arielle Thomas

Abstract

According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, over 65 million people were displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution in 2015. Many physicians express an interest in human rights and a desire to assist this group of refugees and asylum seekers. Physicians are able to use their unique skills by performing medical forensic evaluations of individuals seeking asylum. Some asylum seekers have psychological or physical scars or functional abnormalities relating to injuries or ill-treatment they experience due to persecution. Documenting these findings can significantly improve the likelihood that they will be granted asylum. This manuscript outlines the historical and legal background of asylum. Each of the individuals presented in this paper experienced persecution in different forms. One person was tortured due to his political opinion and one was assaulted because he was gay. One woman sought asylum due to domestic violence, another woman because she had been subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and the last suffered severe psychological trauma related to a forced marriage. Five typical clinical cases of medical forensic evaluations are outlined, each with different forms of persec...Continue Reading

Citations

Oct 31, 2019·Medicine, Science, and the Law·Maria Cristina RussoAndrea Verzeletti
Nov 30, 2019·Ciência & saúde coletiva·Juliana Vidal Vieira GuerraBruna Fernandes Carvalho
Aug 8, 2018·Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences·John A QuinnMiguel Luengo-Oroz
Jul 18, 2019·Medical Teacher·Katherine C McKenzieHope Ferdowsian
Jul 7, 2021·International Journal of Legal Medicine·Ilenia BianchiVilma Pinchi

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