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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Doctors say UK’s immigration system risks ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers

The Bibby Stockholm immigration barge in Portland.
The mental wellbeing of asylum seekers came under the spotlight last year after the suicide of a resident in the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Top doctors have identified Britain’s immigration system as a “public mental health concern” that inflicts harm on asylum seekers, and risks “re-traumatising” those already affected by psychological distress.

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has called on ministers to review immigration laws introduced by the last government, saying Labour had a “moral and ethical obligation” to protect the mental health of those seeking sanctuary in the UK.

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