A call for action for mental health intervention and support for refugees who escape internal conflicts or war

Refugees, asylum seekers and COVID-19: Canada needs to do more to protect at-risk refugees during the current pandemic

“…The most commonly reported health outbreaks in refugee camps prior to the COVID-19 pandemic are measles, hepatitis A or B, leishmaniasis, poliomyelitis, meningitis, scabies, typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera, and dysentery, as well as diseases spread by rats and mosquitoes (Sharara, 2014). Mental health and substance userelated disorders linked to refugees and asylum seekers do not require elucidating (Jozaghi, 2019;Langlois et al, 2016).…”