Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Challenges, Experiences and Contributions

Schilling, Tobias; Rauscher, S.; Menzel, Christian; Reichenauer, Simon; Müller-Schilling, M; Schmid, Stephan; Selgrad, Michael

doi:10.1159/000478763

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“…Filippo Grandy, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) high commissioner, asserts that Syria is so far the biggest refugee crisis that is causing ceaseless suffering for Hayat Al Masri: Work Skills Department, Al Wasl University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, e-mail: Hayat_almasri@hotmail.com  millions of Syrians (UNHCR 2019). This crisis has brought with it a host of dilemmas, including physical, mental, and social health disorders (Chilling et al 2017).…”

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Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions

Masri

Abu-Ayyash

2020

Open Linguistics

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The current study explored the second language acquisition (SLA) difficulties that 45 Syrian refugees and asylum seekers encountered in nine countries (Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France, Malay, Austria, and Romania) that they fled to away from the ongoing war in Syria. The study also sought to elicit the solutions for these difficulties from the participants’ views. This research employed interviews and an open-ended questionnaire utilizing the Facebook Messenger application to gather data. The study builds on and broadens the scope of language acquisition research and questions main SLA theoretical underpinnings. The study found a variety of difficulties pertinent to economic, personal, social, linguistic, temporal, and psychological factors. The participants’ recommendations were classified into refugee-based, community-based, and authority-based ones.

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Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions

Masri

Abu-Ayyash

2020

Open Linguistics

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“…Other studies have demonstrated a strong association between alcohol use and mortality, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe 30 31. Furthermore, there has also been a significant influx of migrant populations, with approximately 76 million international immigrants residing in Europe in 201532 and many of those individuals migrating from conflict zones 33. This may skew the rate of injuries documented in Central and Eastern Europe 34…”

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Global trends of hand and wrist trauma: a systematic analysis of fracture and digit amputation using the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study

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BackgroundAs global rates of mortality decrease, rates of non-fatal injury have increased, particularly in low Socio-demographic Index (SDI) nations. We hypothesised this global pattern of non-fatal injury would be demonstrated in regard to bony hand and wrist trauma over the 27-year study period.MethodsThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 was used to estimate prevalence, age-standardised incidence and years lived with disability for hand trauma in 195 countries from 1990 to 2017. Individual injuries included hand and wrist fractures, thumb amputations and non-thumb digit amputations.ResultsThe global incidence of hand trauma has only modestly decreased since 1990. In 2017, the age-standardised incidence of hand and wrist fractures was 179 per 100 000 (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 146 to 217), whereas the less common injuries of thumb and non-thumb digit amputation were 24 (95% UI 17 to 34) and 56 (95% UI 43 to 74) per 100 000, respectively. Rates of injury vary greatly by region, and improvements have not been equally distributed. The highest burden of hand trauma is currently reported in high SDI countries. However, low-middle and middle SDI countries have increasing rates of hand trauma by as much at 25%.ConclusionsCertain regions are noted to have high rates of hand trauma over the study period. Low-middle and middle SDI countries, however, have demonstrated increasing rates of fracture and amputation over the last 27 years. This trend is concerning as access to quality and subspecialised surgical hand care is often limiting in these resource-limited regions.

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“…[3][4][5] Thus, the journey to freedom for a refugee can be long, arduous, and harmful to his or her health and well-being. 5,6 In what follows, I look more closely at RJ's narrative and the therapeutic relationship that his physician, Dr G, is trying to establish in a broader social context. It is important to understand some of the general health conditions and SDH experienced by resettled refugees like RJ.…”

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How Should Health Care Professionals Address Social Determinants of Refugee Health?

Aultman

2019

AMA Journal of Ethics

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In the case scenario, RJ is a resettled refugee teenager who presents to his physician with vitamin B12 deficiency, anemia, and symptoms of mental illness. This commentary considers social determinants of refugee health and the moral importance of freedom to achieve wellbeing. The capabilities framework is used to analyze this case because it offers an ethical framework for understanding and evaluating social determinants of refugee health that either promote or diminish freedom to achieve well-being. By using this framework to consider social isolation as a negative social determinant of refugee health, clinicians and institutions can be caregivers as well as advocates for social justice, fulfilling 2 core ethical obligations to refugee communities. Case Dr G is a physician who follows up with RJ, a 17-year-old resettled refugee, about his feelings of isolation and depression revealed in an earlier visit in which RJ needed a physical exam to get a work permit. RJ was subjected to psychological trauma during his early childhood and, from 2009 to 2013, lived in a refugee camp, where he learned English. After reviewing RJ's blood work from his last visit, Dr G explains to RJ that he is anemic and has a vitamin B12 deficiency, probably due to poor nutrition. Dr G inquires about RJ's daily life, school, and work. RJ spends most of his free time working to help support his grandparents, mother, and sister. Job opportunities are scarce, and RJ is currently the only member of the household earning an income. After further conversation, RJ reveals that he still feels depressed and isolated. "I have to work, so I don't have time to go to the outreach programs you recommended. Besides, my family and I just don't seem to fit in. We don't belong here." He describes how his family members have similar feelings and how he is worried about their health. Dr G and RJ discuss RJ's concerns and therapeutic options. RJ is not willing to take medication and says, "Why would I spend money on a drug just for me? It won't help. We are all so alone here."

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Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Challenges, Experiences and Contributions

Cited by 36 publications

References 28 publications

Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions

Second language acquisition from Syrian refugees’ perspectives: Difficulties and solutions

Global trends of hand and wrist trauma: a systematic analysis of fracture and digit amputation using the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study

How Should Health Care Professionals Address Social Determinants of Refugee Health?

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