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Table 4 Post-migration life difficulties experienced by patients with mental health conditions, Ragusa (October 2014 December 2015)

From: Mental health and trauma in asylum seekers landing in Sicily in 2015: a descriptive study of neglected invisible wounds

Post-migration life difficulties

N = 193 (%)a

Difficulties with the asylum process:

 Fear of being sent home

35 (18)

 Distress related to denial of asylum claim

27 (14)

 Asylum commission took a long time

17 (9)

 Power abuse/intimidation

6 (3)

 Conflict with immigration authorities

4 (2)

Difficulties related to the AS centre:

 Lack of daily activities

51 (26)

 Conflict with team of centre

29 (15)

Concerns about family:

 Worries about family back home

39 (20)

 News of death of family and friends

7 (4)

Subjective stressors:

 Loneliness and boredom

35 (18)

 Feeling neglected

33 (17)

 Adjustment difficulties

31 (16)

 Feeling you cannot control events in your life

27 (14)

 Feeling that injustice is done to you

26 (13)

  1. athese proportions do not add up to 100% as multiple PMLDs were possible for an individual