Mental health and legal representation for asylum seekers in the 'legacy caseload
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2641852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Kenny (0000-0002-5352-7549, University of South Australia, corresponding author), Mary Anne Kenny, Nicholas Procter (0000-0002-7289-3165, University of South Australia), Carol Grech (0000-0002-9193-8250, University of South Australia) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 84-103 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cosmopolitan Civil Societies An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1837-5391 • E-ISSN: 1837-5391 |
| Publisher | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5130/ccs.v8i2.4976 |
| OpenAlex | W2487939834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines the legal challenges asylum seekers arriving by boat to Australia experience when seeking assistance with their claims and its impact on their mental health. The authors outline the experiences of asylum seekers in the 'legacy caseload' group who have been waiting up to four years to have their protection claims assessed. The complex interplay between legal assistance to support refugee claims and the way those making claims inevitably struggle to understand, engage and participate in the process is analysed. It is argued that provision of legal assistance for this group will be essential to ensuring that the refugee status determination process is fair and allows asylum seekers to understand and participate more fully in the process. Recent changes to the assessment of claims combined with a reduction in funding for legal assistance create significant hurdles and combine to compound existing stress and emotional trauma leading to detrimental outcomes on the mental health of asylum seekers
Comprehensive Plan of Action · Criminology · Legal process · Legal status · Mental health · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public relations · Refugee · Seekers · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Computer Science · Law · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |