Syrian Refugees Living on the Edge

Policy and Practice Implications for Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing

Bibliographic Data

ID9953686
AuthorsDuygu CANTEKİN (0000-0003-4778-6832, Nisantasi University Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume57
Issue2
Pages200-220
Publication date2018-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12508
OpenAlexW2889018424
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited33

This qualitative study aims to explore the difficulties experienced by Syrian refugees living in the camps of Turkey in the pre‐migration and post‐migration environment and the impacts thereof on their mental wellbeing. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with Syrian refugees living in three different camps on the Syrian border of Turkey. Syrian refugees were highly exposed to traumatic events in the pre‐migration period, including armed conflicts, human rights violations, and social and economic devastation. Participants reported a wide range of difficulties in the post‐migration environment, including separation from and loss of close ones, camp difficulties, gender‐based, adaptational and economic adversities. They reported a number of psychological and social effects of these pre‐migration and post‐migration difficulties. The implications of the findings are discussed and recommendations are made concerning the necessity of a rights‐based approach to policies and interventions for mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Syrian refugees

Forced migration · Human rights · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Qualitative research · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Syrian refugees · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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