Explainer: what mental health support do refugees and asylum seekers get in Australia?
- Written by Philippa Specker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney

When Australia signed the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, it committed to providing protection to people who have fled war, persecution and human rights violations.
Refugees have often experienced severe traumatic events. This can include war, torture, kidnapping and witnessing the murder of loved ones....
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