06 August 2021

Round-up: Medico-legal Aspects of the Asylum Process

"Associations Between Memory Loss and Trauma in US Asylum Seekers: A Retrospective Review of Medico-legal Affidavits," PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247033 (March 2021) [open access]

"Asylum Medicine: Standard and Best Practices," Health and Human Rights Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (May 2019) [open access]

"Asylum Seekers in a Time of Record Forced Global Displacement: The Role of Physicians," Journal of General Internal Medicine, vol. 34, no. 1 (2019) [free full-text]

"'Better than having no evaluation done': A Pilot Project to Conduct Remote Asylum Evaluations for Clients in a Migrant Encampment in Mexico," BMC Health Services Research, 21:508 (May 2021) [open access]

"Expert Medico-legal Reports: The Relationship between Levels of Consistency and Judicial Outcomes in Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 29, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Guidance: Medical Evidence in Asylum Claims (UK Home Office, Aug. 2021) [text]

A Guide to Medico-legal Report Writing in Asylum Cases (CPD Online, June 2019) [access]

"Intercultural Communication, the Influence of Trauma, and the Pursuit of Asylum in the United States," Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, vol. 8, no. 2 (2021) [open access]

"The Medico-legal Assessment of Asylum Seeker Victims in Italy," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 29, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

Neuroscience, Memory, and Credibility in Immigration Court (The Asylumist Blog, May 2020) [text]

"Prolonged Periods of Waiting for an Asylum Decision and the Risk of Psychiatric Diagnoses: A 22-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study from Denmark," International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 49, no. 2 (April 2020) [open access]

"Psychological and Medical Evaluations: Asylum Seekers, Ethics, and the Law," Pediatric Ethicscope: The Journal of Pediatric Bioethics, vol. 33, no. 1 (Spring 2021) [free full-text]

Psychological Assumptions Underlying Credibility Assessments in Finnish Asylum Determinations (PsyArxiv Preprints, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Psychological Evaluations of Domestic Violence Victims in the Current Context of Asylum Proceedings," Forensic Scholars Today, vol. 5, no. 1 (July 2019) [full-text]

"Refugee Status Determination Procedure and Mental Health of the Applicant: Dynamics and Reciprocal Effects," Frontiers in Psychiatry, 20 Jan. 2021 [open access]

"Remote Medico-legal Assessment by Telephone during COVID-19: Monitoring Safety and Quality When Documenting Evidence of Torture for UK Asylum Applicants," Torture: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, vol. 31, no. 1 (2021) [open access

"The Right to Information of (Un)Accompanied Refugee Children: Improving Refugee Children’s Legal Position, Fundamental Rights’ Implementation and Emotional Well-being in the Netherlands," International Journal of Children's Rights, vol. 28, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"The Ring of Truth: Demeanor and Due Process in U.S. Asylum Law," Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 50, no. 1 (2018) [full-text]

Scientific Evidence Shows Assumptions about Asylum Seekers’ Memory are Wrong (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2021) [text]

"Severe Post-traumatic Disorder Leading to Failure of Passing Asylum Interview: A Case Report," Middle East Current Psychiatry, 28:19 (May 2021) [open access

"Stories for Asylum: Narrative and Credibility in the United States’ Political Asylum Application," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018) [open access]

"The Texture of Narrative Dilemmas: A Qualitative Study in Front-line Professionals Working with Asylum Seekers in the UK," BJPsych Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

"Tortures Alleged by Migrants in Italy: Compatibility and Other Medicolegal Challenges," International Journal of Legal Medicine, Latest Articles, 6 July 2021 [open access]

"Truth and Trauma: Exploring the Merits of Non-adversarial Asylum Hearings," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 3 (2021) [full-text]

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