Suicide Bids Tripled Among Denmark Asylum Seekers Since 2001
The number of suicide attempts among asylum seekers in Denmark has proportionally tripled since 2001 in what is a "desperate cry of despair," according to a study published Thursday . Sixty-seven asylum seekers of the 10,797 refugees living in camps -- or 0.6 percent of the total -- tried to end their lives in 2001, according to a study by the Danish Association to Help Refugees sai...Children of Asylum Seekers Dont Get Adequate Medical Care in Australia
Asylum seekers face hostility in many countries. It now turns out that in Australia hundreds of children of the asylum seekers are denied treatment. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians is urging the Federal Government not to discriminate when it comes to the health needs of young asylum seekers. At the moment their visa category makes them ineligible for Med...Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse
I am happy because I don't have to live like a prisoner anymore in a society where no one is allowed to be different," says Gramoz Prestreshi, a slight, nervous man of 22 , originally hailing from Kosovo and now settled in US. He won his asylum case on the ground that as a gay he was being persecuted in his native country. He was almost beaten to death in 2003 and police were of no...