‘I don’t have a life to live’: deaths and UK detention

Athwal, Harmit

doi:10.1177/0306396814556224

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“…Finally, in the study of Athwal (2015), examining the impact of detention in Immigration Removal Centres, the slow bureaucracy and the consequent prolonged detention, emerged as the main risk factor for depression, mental disorders, self‐harm and suicide. The anguish and the uncertainty felt by detainees about their condition emerged as determinant elements in carrying out self‐harm practices.…”

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Self‐harming behaviours of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: A systematic review

Gargiulo

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Grottaglie

et al. 2020

Int J Psychol

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The increasing number of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe calls for even more professionals to take care of refugees' mental health. Although different studies claim that migration could be a potential risk factor for self‐harming behaviours, an in‐depth exploration of the presence and characteristics of self‐harm in the context of asylum is needed. In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, a systematic review was conducted across the databases Scopus, PubMed, Web of Knowledge and PsycArticles, regarding the main features of self‐harming behaviour among refugees in Europe. Twelve articles and 3 main trajectories were identified: (1) A context at‐risk: self‐harm and detention centres; (2) A target at‐risk: self‐harm and unaccompanied minors; (3) A comparison between the mental health of asylum seekers and natives. Research on this topic in Europe is still underdeveloped and disorganised. Studies have mainly carried out wider quantitative investigations on mental health, usually overlapping self‐harm with suicide. Detention centres emerged as the most widely investigated context and the one with the highest risk for self‐harming behaviours. Instead, unaccompanied minors emerged as a particularly vulnerable category. Research in this field should be improved, combining quantitative and qualitative methods for a deeper understanding of the meanings of self‐harm across cultures.

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Self‐harming behaviours of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: A systematic review

Gargiulo

Tessitore²,

Grottaglie

et al. 2020

Int J Psychol

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“…Border enforcement might take the form of pushbacks for recent entrants (Cortinovis 2021;Giuffré 2012). They might include physical restraint or detention (Fekete 2011;Könönen 2020;Athwal 2015). The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs reports that 99% of countries use fines, detention, and deportation to control irregular migration (United Nations 2017).…”

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Migration, Vulnerability, and Experiences of Insecurity: Conceptualising Insecure Migration Status

Innes

2023

Social Sciences

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This research examines the insecurities that are embedded within immigration status or lack thereof. I argue that, to improve our understanding of the relationship between immigration-related insecurity and violence, we need to reconceptualise how we think about, measure, and analyse immigration-based characteristics. This research proposes building an analytical category that can conceptualise insecure migration status to include forms of immigration status that internalise insecurity in addition to being without status, or with an irregular status. These insecurities often incorporate gendered dynamics. Grouping these different categories around a commonly shared experience of insecurity allows us to prioritise experiences of insecurity that are persistent even as people move, cross borders, and change status. I propose that this will permit a more comprehensive picture of migration-related harms that exist across states, status types, and borders while allowing researchers and data gatherers to be attentive to intersectional vulnerabilities that enhance insecurity for particular categories, subgroups, and populations.

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“…For the support workers at the Malta Red Cross, 'concerning behaviour' is broadly defined and encompasses a person withdrawing from the group, drinking shampoo, or self-harming. A phrase that emerged frequently during the interviews was 'the odd cry for help', and while this was used by the support workers to refer to Maltese cases, it appears in accounts of other countries' detention processes, including Britain (Athwal, 2015) and Australia (Fiske, 2016). The continuum of trauma does not end once in Malta nor amidst the 'safety-net' of the Centres, and for the NGO workers, the transition to the towns presented a cut-off point, as well as a dilemma regarding the ways that support would reach those in need.…”

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Navigating Trust and Distrust in the Refugee Community of Malta

Gandolfo

2021

Int. Migration & Integration

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This article considers how trust is constructed in the refugee community of Malta, against the backdrop of ongoing and recurrent unrest in Libya. As social trust is re-evaluated, social spaces have become sites of tension where divisions re-emerge along political, ideological, and economic lines. By focusing on the Libyan diaspora, the article presents an insight into the ways that conflict trauma shapes trust-building, and considers the challenges faced by civil society organisations and government bodies in their efforts to facilitate support and community-building on the island. The article is based on 14 interviews conducted in 2015 with members of the Libyan diaspora, and Maltese civil society organisations and government bodies. The interviewees discussed the multifaceted aspects of trust-building, including the legacy of 42 years of political distrust during the regime of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, regional affiliations and divisions, and the continuum of trauma that unfolds in the Maltese Open Centres and in the host community. The findings of the study indicate that there are additional structural impediments that extend beyond the ongoing conflict, including the Maltese detention process, the redrawing of political boundaries around social spaces in the towns, and the role of identity, which present determining factors in the building of social trust. Collectively, these aspects hold implications for integration into the diaspora community on the island, while in the long term, individual recovery from conflict trauma is dependent on the trust-networks that are constructed, or joined, by the refugees.

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‘I don’t have a life to live’: deaths and UK detention

Cited by 24 publications

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Self‐harming behaviours of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: A systematic review

Self‐harming behaviours of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: A systematic review

Migration, Vulnerability, and Experiences of Insecurity: Conceptualising Insecure Migration Status

Navigating Trust and Distrust in the Refugee Community of Malta

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