Being an asylum seeker in these times of increasing fear from international terrorism, mass migrations, ongoing political violence, social and economic inequity in the world and a global search for identity of large groups of people means having a very tough existence and suffering from a breakdown in different aspects of life, including psychological well-being.
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Wilson, J.P., Drožđek, B. (2007). Wrestling with the Ghosts from the Past in Exile: Assessing Trauma in Asylum Seekers. In: Wilson, J.P., Tang, C.Sk. (eds) Cross-Cultural Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD. International and Cultural Psychology Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70990-1_6
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