Refugee health news, research and analysis - the conversation

May 1, 2025 Philippa Specker, _UNSW Sydney_; Angela Nickerson, _UNSW Sydney_, and Belinda Liddell, _University of Newcastle_ Addressing key barriers to refugees accessing mental health

services is in everyone’s best interest. November 18, 2024 Amy Nethery, _Deakin University_ and Jemima McKenna, _The University of Melbourne_ Canberra has reinstated funding for 42 refugees

and asylum seekers in the country, but given their deteriorating physical and mental health, it should be doing much more. August 13, 2024 Abela Mahimbo, _University of Technology Sydney_;

Andrew Hayen, _University of Technology Sydney_, and Angela Dawson, _University of Technology Sydney_ After fleeing persecution, many refugees struggle to get care for serious physical and

mental health problems in Australia. June 21, 2024 Diti bhattacharya, _Griffith University_; Adele Pavlidis, _Griffith University_, and Simone Fullagar, _Griffith University_ The Queensland

government’s Olympic legacy strategy aims for a more inclusive community through the power of sports. But more needs to be done to help refugees join in. July 19, 2023 Gabriel Fabreau,

_University of Calgary_ and Annalee Coakley, _University of Calgary_ A Calgary refugee health clinic documented the stories of 242 Yazidi genocide survivors, recounting enslavement,

slaughter and forced indoctrination. March 29, 2023 Shidan Tosif, _The University of Melbourne_; Georgia Paxton, _Murdoch Children's Research Institute_, and Hamish Graham, _Murdoch

Children's Research Institute_ Our new study describes the health effects of detention on children, and the clinical results are alarming. April 25, 2022 Darryl Stellmach, _University

of Tasmania_ and Kamalini Lokuge, _Australian National University_ Refugee camps should only be a temporary solution. They’re no place for ongoing health care. March 28, 2022 Chen Reis,

_University of Denver_ While most people offering support to Ukrainians are well-intentioned, it’s not always the case. There are a reports of women and girls fleeing Ukraine being raped in

their new countries. October 15, 2021 Stephanie Sodero, _University of Manchester_; Bertrand Taithe, _University of Manchester_, and Ram Vadi, _University of Manchester_ Researchers asked

aid workers how to best prepare for the climate emergency in places where its effects are most severe. May 27, 2020 Dorien Braam, _University of Cambridge_ and Petra Molnar, _University of

Toronto_ Based on how other diseases have moved through refugee camps, there is an urgent need to protect refugees in camps and informal settlements from COVID-19. May 19, 2020 Carlo Handy

Charles, _McMaster University_ Immigrants and other newcomers to Canada are worried about maintaining their relationships and staying afloat, and need government consideration and support.

April 9, 2019 Hassan Vatanparast, _University of Saskatchewan_ and Ginny Lane, _University of Saskatchewan_ Research shows that many immigrants are healthier than Canadians when they arrive

in the country. The longer they stay, the more their health declines. February 13, 2019 Nicholas Procter, _University of South Australia_ and Mary Anne Kenny, _Murdoch University_ A bill to

allow for asylum seeker on Nauru and Manus Island to be transferred to Australia for medical and psychiatric treatment has passed both Houses. How will it change things for those detained?

May 30, 2017 Karen Zwi, _UNSW Sydney_ New research into the health of newly arrived refugee children in Australia gives us clues about how we can help all refugee kids. May 26, 2016 Renu

Narchal, _Western Sydney University_ Migrant children often become interpreters for their parents in settings like the doctor’s office, legal situations and even in parent-teacher

interviews. This can be a burden and affect their health. April 26, 2016 Karen Zwi, _UNSW Sydney_ and Nicholas Talley, _University of Newcastle_ Health professionals have long warned that

conditions in offshore detention centres are inhumane, degrading and pose life-threatening risks to asylum seekers and refugees. December 16, 2015 Michael Barrett, _University of Glasgow_

The collapse of Syria’s health system is helping spread leishmaniasis but not in the way some media outlets have reported. November 29, 2015 Julian G. Simmons, _The University of Melbourne_;

Meg Dennison, _University of Washington_, and Nick Haslam, _The University of Melbourne_ A bill that would release the 112 children currently in immigration detention in Australia will soon

go before the House of Representatives. So what should MPs consider when casting their votes? October 14, 2015 David Hunter, _Flinders University_ Doctors at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s

Hospital are refusing to discharge refugee children back into detention. Which should be a priority - their duty of care to their patient or the law? June 9, 2015 Louise Newman, _Monash

University_ From July, doctors will no longer be able to fulfil their ethical and professional obligations to report mistreatment of detainees.